The White House in Washington DCWASHINGTON Feb 13US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan admitted that the US administration is unable to accurately predict the date of the start of the war in Ukraine and admits that it will not happen at all. «We cannot accurately predict the day, but we say that we are in such a period, «when there is an invasion, a major military operation could be launched by Russia in Ukraine any day. This includes next week, until the end of the Olympics. Of course, this could happen after the Olympics. Or, it is still possible, Russia could choose the path of diplomacy,» Sullivan said. in an interview with CNN.
Antonov appreciated Sullivan's statement about Russia's «invasion» of Ukraine Pentagon spokesman John Kirby argues that large-scale hostilities in Ukraine could unfold «any day.» «Now we believe that large-scale hostilities could begin any day,» Kirby said on Fox News. According to a US defense official, these estimates are based on data from «various sources.» «It's not just about intelligence, but what we're seeing is a buildup of over 100,000 troops near Ukraine's borders,» Kirby said. Local media previously reported that President Joe Biden was telling allies that «the Russian invasion could start on February 16th. Russia denies the aggressive plans attributed to it in relation to the neighboring country and calls talk of the inevitability of war «hysteria that has reached its climax.» The West accuses the Russian Federation of alleged plans to escalate the situation around Ukraine. Moscow categorically denies this and constantly says that no one is threatened, and all such statements are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the US and NATO information hysteria over Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. sanctions in case of escalation in Ukraine
