It was this information that would have prompted President Biden on Friday to say he was “convinced” that Putin had decided to attack Ukraine, assures the Washington Post, attributing this information to anonymous sources without direct quote.
Asked by AFP, the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department have not confirmed or denied this information, also relayed by other American media.
On Friday, a Pentagon official assured that more than 40% of the Russian forces massed on the borders of Ukraine were now in attack position, noting that the phase of destabilization of the country led by Russia had “begun”.
Movements of Russian troops towards the Ukrainian border have been observed since Wednesday, the official said.
Washington has been warning for weeks that Russia will cause an incident on the Ukrainian border to justify an invasion of Ukraine. On Sunday, the head of diplomacy Antony Blinken again assured that “everything” indicated that Russia was “on the verge” of invading Ukraine.
Russia denies any plan of invasion but demands guarantees for its security such as the withdrawal of NATO from Eastern Europe, so many demands rejected by the West.