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Jan 22 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
NEW: Russia has drawn up plans to install a pro-Kremlin former member of parliament to lead Ukraine as it considers a new invasion of the country and the overthrow of its central government, according to a British assessment shared with BuzzFeed News.

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The assessment alleges that Russian intelligence officers currently involved in the planning for an attack are also collaborating with several former Ukrainian officials who fled in winter 2014 and are looking to return to positions of power in their homeland.
In an exclusive interview with BuzzFeed News, Lieutenant-General Oleksandr Pavliuk expressed serious concern over Russia's military moves.
However, Pavliuk said Ukrainian forces are much larger and stronger than they were in 2014.

"We have half a million Ukrainians who are now trained soldiers and will be ready to fight the moment [Russian forces] cross the border," Pavliuk said.

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The former Ukrainian lawmaker believed to be the favored candidate to lead a Kremlin-installed government is Yevhen Murayev, according to Britain's Foreign Office.
Murayev was an ally of Viktor Yanukovuch, the former Ukrainian president who was overthrown by pro-democracy revolutionaries during the Euromaidan uprising.
The UK Foreign Office said Russian intelligence services currently involved in the planning of a new attack on Ukraine are in close contact with several former Ukrainian officials who served in the Yanukovych government.

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In a statement, National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne said Russia's "kind of plotting is deeply concerning."

"The Ukrainian people have the sovereign right to determine their own future, and we stand with our democratically-elected partners in Ukraine."

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