{"id":9878,"date":"2022-02-13T22:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T21:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=9878"},"modified":"2022-02-13T22:00:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T21:00:59","slug":"us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"US says Russia may create pretext to attack Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"regular-article-layout__content-container___3mIJFE\">\n<div class=\"regular-article-layout__body___Ufyb4g\">\n<div class=\"regular-article-layout__main___1cXaah\">\n<article>\n<div class=\"article__container___6Anetq\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body__container___3jAZvz article-body__over-6-para___LaftpQ\">\n<div class=\"article-body__content___ROHHzW paywall-article\">\n<div class=\"article-body__context_widget___1qm6uw article-body__element___vulnXJ\">\n<div class=\"context-widget__content___3_P9IQ\">\n<ul class=\"summary__summary___3Sx6gt\">\n<li class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__medium___3mY4FC Text__body___3764od Body__base___3K85eE Body__body_alt___2Grr7f summary__point___jo5pL4\"><strong><em>Washington says door for diplomacy remains open<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__medium___3mY4FC Text__body___3764od Body__base___3K85eE Body__body_alt___2Grr7f summary__point___jo5pL4\"><strong><em>Russia calls U.S. warnings of invasion &#8216;hysteria&#8217;<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__medium___3mY4FC Text__body___3764od Body__base___3K85eE Body__body_alt___2Grr7f summary__point___jo5pL4\"><strong><em>U.S. vows to defend &#8216;every inch&#8217; of NATO territory<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__medium___3mY4FC Text__body___3764od Body__base___3K85eE Body__body_alt___2Grr7f summary__point___jo5pL4\"><strong><em>U.S. OSCE observers start leaving eastern Ukraine<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__medium___3mY4FC Text__body___3764od Body__base___3K85eE Body__body_alt___2Grr7f summary__point___jo5pL4\"><strong><em>Germany&#8217;s Scholz in Kyiv on Monday, Moscow on Tuesday<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">Russia could invade Ukraine at any time and might create a surprise pretext for an attack, the United States said on Sunday, as it reaffirmed a pledge to defend &#8220;every inch&#8221; of NATO territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">Russia has more than 100,000 troops massed near Ukraine, which is not part of the Atlantic military alliance, and Washington &#8211; while keeping open the diplomatic channels that have so far failed to ease the crisis &#8211; has repeatedly said an invasion is imminent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">Moscow denies any such plans and has accused the West of &#8220;hysteria&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, on the eve of a trip that takes him to Kyiv on Monday and Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, called for Russia to de-escalate and warned of sanctions if Moscow did invade..<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-4\">A German official said Berlin did not expect &#8220;<a class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__medium___3mY4FC Text__large___1NuIuP Link__underline_default___1RrRWa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/germany-hopes-putin-meet-will-yield-insight-into-his-aims-govt-source-2022-02-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concrete results<\/a>&#8221; but diplomacy was important.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-5\">In Washington, President Joe Biden&#8217;s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said an invasion could begin &#8220;any day now&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-6\">&#8220;We cannot perfectly predict the day, but we have now been saying for some time that we are in the window,&#8221; White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-7\">U.S. officials said they could not confirm reports that U.S. intelligence indicated Russia planned to invade on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-8\">Sullivan said Washington would continue sharing what it learned with the world in order to deny Moscow the chance to stage a surprise &#8220;false flag&#8221; operation that could be a pretext for an attack.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-8\"><strong>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/landmark-case-lawyers-accuse-ethiopia-of-serious-human-rights-abuses-in-tigray\/\">LANDMARK CASE: Lawyers accuse Ethiopia of \u2018serious\u2019 human rights abuses in Tigray<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-9\">It would also &#8220;defend every inch of NATO territory &#8230; and Russia we think fully understands that message,&#8221; Sullivan added in a separate CBS interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-10\">Biden spoke to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday and they agreed on the importance of continuing to pursue diplomacy and deterrence in response to Russia\u2019s military build-up, the White House said after the call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-11\">Biden told Putin in a phone\u00a0<a class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__medium___3mY4FC Text__large___1NuIuP Link__underline_default___1RrRWa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/biden-putin-speak-ukraine-warnings-mount-2022-02-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">call<\/a> on Saturday that the West would respond decisively to any invasion and such an attack would harm and isolate Moscow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-12\">Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Twitter that Kyiv had so far received almost 1,500 tonnes of ammunition from allies delivered on 17 flights, including about 180 tonnes from the United States.\u00a0<a class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__medium___3mY4FC Text__large___1NuIuP Link__underline_default___1RrRWa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-receives-anti-aircraft-missiles-lithuania-2022-02-13\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article-image__figure___Yq3IH_ article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"image-0\">\n<div class=\"StatefulImage__container___1fQtnO StatefulImage__light___2Bq_g7 article-image__image___36S_PO\">\n<div class=\"StatefulImage__image___1OcDTh\">\n<div class=\"Image__container___eEMhGD Image__fill___174JKm Image__transition___2uVZ9i Image__lock-ratio___1aImwD\">\n<figure style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image__image___3g4IJc\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com\/reuters\/O2WPWM74BVPXVMOJV75U7BTPYE.jpg\" alt=\"Service members take part in military exercises held by the armed forces of Russia and Belarus at the Gozhsky training ground in the Grodno region, Belarus, February 12, 2022. Leonid Scheglov\/BelTA\/Handout via REUTERS\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>Service members take part in military exercises held by the armed forces of Russia and Belarus at the Gozhsky training ground in the Grodno region, Belarus, February 12, 2022. Leonid Scheglov\/BelTA\/Handout via REUTERS<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-13\">Sullivan repeated a warning for Americans to leave Ukraine, after the State Department said the U.S. embassy&#8217;s remaining diplomatic staff would work from the western city of Lviv.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-14\">RUSSIAN SECURITY DEMANDS<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-15\">The Kremlin said Putin told Biden during their call on Saturday that Washington had failed to take Russia&#8217;s main concerns into account, and that it had received no &#8220;substantial answer&#8221; on key elements of its security demands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-16\">Putin wants guarantees from the United States and NATO that include blocking Ukraine&#8217;s entry into NATO, refraining from missile deployments near Russia&#8217;s borders and scaling back NATO&#8217;s military infrastructure in Europe to 1997 levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-17\">Washington regards many of the proposals as non-starters but has pushed the Kremlin to discuss them jointly with Washington and its European allies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-18\">&#8220;The diplomatic path remains open. The way for Moscow to show that it wants to pursue that path is simple,&#8221; U.S. Secretary of State Anthony\u00a0<a class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__medium___3mY4FC Text__large___1NuIuP Link__underline_default___1RrRWa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/blinken-says-risk-russian-invasion-high-enough-justify-us-embassy-drawdown-2022-02-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blinken<\/a>\u00a0said after he held talks on Saturday with Asian allies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-19\">Washington and its European allies and others have been scaling back or evacuating embassy staff and urging citizens to depart immediately or avoid travel to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-20\">U.S. staff at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)\u00a0<a class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__medium___3mY4FC Text__large___1NuIuP Link__underline_default___1RrRWa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-staff-osce-begins-pullout-donetsk-eastern-ukraine-2022-02-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">began leaving<\/a>\u00a0by car from the rebel-held city of Donetsk in east Ukraine on Sunday, a Reuters witness said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-21\">The OSCE conducts operations in Ukraine including a civilian monitoring mission in Russian-backed, self-proclaimed separatist republics in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, where a war that began in 2014 has killed more than 14,000 people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-22\">Dutch carrier KLM\u00a0<a class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__medium___3mY4FC Text__large___1NuIuP Link__underline_default___1RrRWa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-sees-no-point-closing-its-airspace-presidential-adviser-says-2022-02-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0it would stop flying to Ukraine and Germany&#8217;s Lufthansa said it was considering suspending flights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-23\">An adviser to Zelenskiy, Mykhailo Podolyak, said that regardless of what airlines chose to do Kyiv would not close its airspace as that would resemble &#8220;a kind of partial blockade&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-24\">A French presidency official said on Saturday, after President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Putin, that there were no indications from what the Russian leader said that Moscow was preparing an offensive, though Paris remained &#8220;extremely vigilant&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\" data-testid=\"paragraph-25\">British defence minister Ben Wallace cautioned against putting too much hope in talks, telling The Sunday Times of London that there was &#8220;a whiff of Munich in the air from some in the West&#8221;, referring to a 1938 pact that failed to halt German expansionism under Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body__element___vulnXJ\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Washington says door for diplomacy remains open Russia calls U.S. warnings of invasion &#8216;hysteria&#8217; U.S. vows to defend &#8216;every inch&#8217; of NATO territory U.S. OSCE observers start leaving eastern Ukraine Germany&#8217;s Scholz in Kyiv on <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/\" title=\"US says Russia may create pretext to attack Ukraine\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2,7],"tags":[78,2008,70],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-9878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-top-news","9":"category-world","10":"tag-russia","11":"tag-ukraine","12":"tag-united-states"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US says Russia may create pretext to attack Ukraine - The Daily Leaks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Russia could invade Ukraine at any time and might create a surprise pretext for an attack, the United States said on Sunday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US says Russia may create pretext to attack Ukraine - The Daily Leaks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Russia could invade Ukraine at any time and might create a surprise pretext for an attack, the United States said on Sunday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Daily Leaks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-13T21:00:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/O2WPWM74BVPXVMOJV75U7BTPYE.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Daily Leaks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Daily Leaks\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Daily Leaks\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f8c925b649b1f97adbac950d1c3b3c35\"},\"headline\":\"US says Russia may create pretext to attack Ukraine\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-13T21:00:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-13T21:00:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/\"},\"wordCount\":863,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/O2WPWM74BVPXVMOJV75U7BTPYE.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Russia\",\"Ukraine\",\"United States\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Latest News\",\"Top News\",\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/\",\"name\":\"US says Russia may create pretext to attack Ukraine - The Daily Leaks\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/O2WPWM74BVPXVMOJV75U7BTPYE.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-13T21:00:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-13T21:00:59+00:00\",\"description\":\"Russia could invade Ukraine at any time and might create a surprise pretext for an attack, the United States said on Sunday\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/O2WPWM74BVPXVMOJV75U7BTPYE.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/O2WPWM74BVPXVMOJV75U7BTPYE.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Service members take part in military exercises held by the armed forces of Russia and Belarus at the Gozhsky training ground in the Grodno region, Belarus, February 12, 2022. Leonid Scheglov\/BelTA\/Handout via REUTERS\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"US says Russia may create pretext to attack Ukraine\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Daily Leaks\",\"description\":\"Leaking the news to you daily\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Daily Leaks\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cropped-the-daily.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cropped-the-daily.jpg\",\"width\":951,\"height\":236,\"caption\":\"The Daily Leaks\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f8c925b649b1f97adbac950d1c3b3c35\",\"name\":\"The Daily Leaks\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/9ed634616a92b4752ad81e6ecd82f685\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6e4ac76dd2b10941f8d9f5c1476c92cc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6e4ac76dd2b10941f8d9f5c1476c92cc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The Daily Leaks\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"US says Russia may create pretext to attack Ukraine - The Daily Leaks","description":"Russia could invade Ukraine at any time and might create a surprise pretext for an attack, the United States said on Sunday","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"US says Russia may create pretext to attack Ukraine - The Daily Leaks","og_description":"Russia could invade Ukraine at any time and might create a surprise pretext for an attack, the United States said on Sunday","og_url":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/","og_site_name":"The Daily Leaks","article_published_time":"2022-02-13T21:00:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/O2WPWM74BVPXVMOJV75U7BTPYE.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"The Daily Leaks","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Daily Leaks","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/"},"author":{"name":"The Daily Leaks","@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f8c925b649b1f97adbac950d1c3b3c35"},"headline":"US says Russia may create pretext to attack Ukraine","datePublished":"2022-02-13T21:00:59+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-13T21:00:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/"},"wordCount":863,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/O2WPWM74BVPXVMOJV75U7BTPYE.jpg","keywords":["Russia","Ukraine","United States"],"articleSection":["Latest News","Top News","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/","url":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/","name":"US says Russia may create pretext to attack Ukraine - The Daily Leaks","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/O2WPWM74BVPXVMOJV75U7BTPYE.jpg","datePublished":"2022-02-13T21:00:59+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-13T21:00:59+00:00","description":"Russia could invade Ukraine at any time and might create a surprise pretext for an attack, the United States said on Sunday","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/O2WPWM74BVPXVMOJV75U7BTPYE.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/O2WPWM74BVPXVMOJV75U7BTPYE.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"Service members take part in military exercises held by the armed forces of Russia and Belarus at the Gozhsky training ground in the Grodno region, Belarus, February 12, 2022. Leonid Scheglov\/BelTA\/Handout via REUTERS"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/us-says-russia-may-create-pretext-to-attack-ukraine\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"US says Russia may create pretext to attack Ukraine"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/","name":"The Daily Leaks","description":"Leaking the news to you daily","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#organization","name":"The Daily Leaks","url":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cropped-the-daily.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cropped-the-daily.jpg","width":951,"height":236,"caption":"The Daily Leaks"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f8c925b649b1f97adbac950d1c3b3c35","name":"The Daily Leaks","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/9ed634616a92b4752ad81e6ecd82f685","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6e4ac76dd2b10941f8d9f5c1476c92cc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6e4ac76dd2b10941f8d9f5c1476c92cc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"The Daily Leaks"},"url":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/O2WPWM74BVPXVMOJV75U7BTPYE.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9880,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9878\/revisions\/9880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9878"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}