Analysis | Is a Russian attack on Ukraine imminent?
The Hindu
Last time when Moscow made a large military intervention –in Afghanistan in 1979 – it didn’t end well. So, is Putin ready to take such a risk on Ukraine?
In a televised address on Monday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had declared Wednesday (February 16), which U.S. officials say could be the date of a Russian attack, as a day of “national unity”.
But he has also said the earlier predictions by western intelligence agencies of a possible attack had proven wrong. PBS Newshour, the American TV program, reported late last week, quoting unnamed U.S. officials, that Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, had decided to launch an invasion and sent his orders to his Generals.
But the top officials of the Biden administration, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NSA Jake Sullivan, say, in on-the-record interactions, that they don’t believe Mr. Putin has taken that call. But they warn that Russia has mobilised enough troops around Ukraine ”.
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