A new fear-mongering report regarding the alleged looming Russian ‘invasion’ of Ukraine was published by the New York Times late on Friday. The newspaper said it spoke to a “senior Ukrainian military official” who shared details of a highly sensitive assessment compiled by the country’s military.
According to the official, Moscow has recently deployed an additional 10,000 troops to the region. Additionally, “several units” in the Crimean peninsula have been put “on the Russian military’s highest state of military readiness,” the claimed. More forces, stationed in unspecified “other locations,” have been allegedly put on “the second highest level of alert.”
At the same time, the official implied that the supposed ongoing military buildup by Moscow was a part of its “real game of poker,” aimed at scaring Kiev and the West, rather than a sign of an imminent incursion.
“For now, they’re doing everything they can to panic us and panic the West,” the official said.