White House: Russia could ‘at any point launch an attack’ on Ukraine

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The threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday.

Despite massing some 100,000 troops on the border of Ukraine, Russia continues to insist it has no plans to invade its neighbor further. But the White House and the Pentagon have cited “credible” intelligence that Russia is planning to stage false flag attacks against its forces to create a phony pretext for war.

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