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New allegations fly in Ukraine as Russian threat remains

The plan for a fake attack on Russian territory or Russian-speaking people was revealed in declassified U.S. intelligence shared with Ukrainian officials and European allies in recent days. It is the latest allegation by the U.S. and Britain that Russia is plotting to use a false pretext to go to war against Ukraine.

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Feb. 3, 2022

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U.S. Army soldiers from the 18th Airborne Division gather up their gear as they prepare to board a C-17 aircraft to deploy to Europe from Fort Bragg, N.C., today. President Joe Biden is ordering 2,000 U.S. troops to Poland and Germany amid the stalled talks with Russia over the Kremlin's military buildup on Ukraine's borders.
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U.S. Army soldiers from the 18th Airborne Division gather up their gear as they prepare to board a C-17 aircraft to deploy to Europe from Fort Bragg, N.C., today. President Joe Biden is ordering 2,000 U.S. troops to Poland and Germany amid the stalled talks with Russia over the Kremlin's military buildup on Ukraine's borders.
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U.S. Army soldiers from the 18th Airborne Division gather up their gear as they prepare to board a C-17 aircraft to deploy to Europe from Fort Bragg, N.C., today. President Joe Biden is ordering 2,000 U.S. troops to Poland and Germany amid the stalled talks with Russia over the Kremlin's military buildup on Ukraine's borders.
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Dutch Prime Minister Prime Minister Mark Rutte, left, is greeted by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ahead to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, today.
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An Orthodox priest blesses Ukrainian Military Air Force University cadets after a monthly memorial service for soldiers who were killed during the fighting against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, today.
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Ukrainian Military Air Force University cadets light candles during a monthly memorial service for soldiers who were killed during the fighting against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, today.
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Signs warn of minefields close to the line that separates the areas controlled by the Ukrainian military from those controlled by pro-Russian separatists, is damaged by fighting in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, today.
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A Ukrainian serviceman walks by a WWII memorial close to the line that separates the areas controlled by the Ukrainian military from those controlled by pro-Russian separatists, in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, today.
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In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a view of Russian S-400 air defense missile systems in position today during a military exercise in Siberia, Russia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez greet each other during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, today.

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