US newspaper: The announcement of withdrawing troops from the border with Ukraine is a 'plot' of Russia
(Baonghean.vn) - According to the Washington Post (WP), the US has intelligence information showing that Russia's announcement of withdrawing troops from the border with Ukraine is a deliberate ploy to deceive Washington.
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“Washington has received credible information that Russia’s announcement (about the troop withdrawal) may be part of a disinformation campaign to deceive the enemy,” the WP quoted an unnamed US official as saying.
The article added that two American sources and a European source separately confirmed that they were also aware of the information.
On February 17, there was information that the US did not believe that Russia would completely withdraw its troops from the Ukrainian border and predicted that the new time Russia would invade this country would be February 20. The US newspaper Politico quoted analysts who gave the new time to start the "Russia-Ukraine war".
The newspaper asserted that the earlier date (February 16) was to "distract" attention from more important milestones. Journalist Michael Kofman, who specializes in reporting on Russia, pointed out that the actions of the Russian military after the end of the joint exercise with Belarus on February 20 will help understand the true intentions of Russian President Putin./.
