On Thursday, the U.S. renewed its claim that a Russian invasion in Ukraine would start in the coming days. At the United Nation’s Security Council meeting, U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken said Russia is preparing a false-flag operation to have an excuse to attack Ukraine. Something that the Kremlin denies.
And in Ukraine, a kindergarten was the target of a shelling attack, in the Donbas region. CGTN’s Guy Henderson has the details from Kyiv.
To discuss:
- Sergiy Kudelia is a URIS fellow at the University of Basel.
- Ulrich Bruckner is a professor of European Studies at Stanford University in Berlin.
- Lincoln Mitchell is Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science at Columbia University.
- Anton Fedyashin is a history professor at American University.
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For decades, Europeans have paid little for their defense and paid even less attention, protected by America's nuclear umbrella left over from the Cold War. Now, the happy complacency of post-war peace is being shattered by Russia’s threats around Ukraine. https://t.co/X69SXd3d7y
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 17, 2022
They're not even hiding it this time. The vast, vast majority of "reporting" from corporate media outlets on Russia/Ukraine consists of nothing other than "anonymous intelligence officials tell us…" No verification, questioning or doubt. They just go and prosthelytize as told. https://t.co/iQsR1xYh61
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) February 17, 2022