Russia likely to invade Ukraine in days’ time as Belarus military drills serve as ‘cover’: Sen. Cotton
Sen. Cotton sends message to Americans in Ukraine: 'You should leave now'
By Angelica Stabile | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/media/russia-lik...over-sen-cotton

Sen Cotton: Putin will attack Kyiv first, pending invasion
The expectation of Russia invading Ukraine is becoming progressively more likely based on recent military patterns, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., analyzed on "America Reports" Thursday.

According to Russian military movement and the commencement of drills with Belarus, Cotton anticipated that President Putin has every intention to attack the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv first, pending invasion.

"The sad fact is that Russia has troops encircling Ukraine and they’re exposed on almost every front," he said. "But my estimate based, on the late troops movements into Belarus, is that Vladimir Putin decided that he wanted to get to the capital sooner rather than later."

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But the Belarus military drills could be all but a distraction, which has led the senator to believe that an initial invasion of Ukraine could happen in a matter of days.-- excerpt, rest at link above --

Ukraine's president demands to see US evidence that Russia will 'invade on Wednesday' as Moscow accuses the West of 'propaganda campaign': Biden will call Putin today as Americans are told to leave NOW and the final US troops in the country evacuate
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...gn-Ukraine.html
An intelligence report warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to invade Ukraine on Wednesday
Russian diplomat Sergey Lavrov accused US of waging 'propaganda campaign' on call with Antony Blinken
Biden and Putin plan to hold a high-stakes telephone call on Saturday as tensions mount
It comes as Putin launched military drills in Belarus on Saturday, alongside a major sea drill in the Black Sea
Growing list of countries urge citizens to leave Ukraine, including Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Belgium
Many embassies in Kyiv, including UK and US, will operate skeleton crews as majority of staff told to evacuate
By KEITH GRIFFITH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and LAURENCE DOLLIMORE FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 09:47 EST, 12 February 2022 | UPDATED: 10:14 EST, 12 February 2022


Ukraine's president has demanded the US share intelligence which suggests Russia is planning to invade his country on Wednesday after America claimed an assault was imminent.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden will hold a high-stakes telephone call on Saturday morning as tensions mount over a possibility imminent invasion of Ukraine, and the U.S. announced plans to evacuate its embassy in the Ukrainian capital.

All American citizens still in Ukraine are now advised to leave immediately, and on Saturday Pentagon ordered the evacuation of 160 Florida National Guardsmen, who had been training Ukraine forces and represented the final US troop presence in the country.

In an alert, the State Department said that all consular services would be suspended the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv starting on Sunday, and that all but a skeleton crew of diplomatic staff were being ordered to evacuate.

'Military action may commence at any time and without warning,' the State Department said. 'U.S. citizens should not travel to Ukraine, and those in Ukraine should depart immediately using commercial or other privately available transportation options.'

It comes as alleged invasion plans, reported by German newspaper Der Spiegel and reviewed by the Pentagon, are said to detail specific routes that might be taken by individual Russian units in an imminent invasion.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a live broadcast on Saturday told the US: 'If you have 100 percent-certain information about a Russian invasion of Ukraine, please share it with us'.-- excerpt, rest at link above --