US Secretary of State Blinken will address a UN Security Council meeting this morning on Russia/Ukraine crisis, US Ambassador to UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield tells reporters
Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield: Overnight, after a series of conversations with the WH, NSC & State, I asked Sec. Blinken to come speak directly to UN Security Council on his way to Munich on situation in Ukraine. Evidence on ground suggests Russian moving towards imminent invasion
Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield: This is a crucial moment. That is why Blinken is coming to NY, to signal our intense concern, offer and emphasize path to de-escalation. Make clear to world we are doing everything we can, everything we can, to prevent a war.
Background: Russia has called the UN Security Council meeting this morning, ostensibly on the implementation of the Minsk accords. US officials expressing intense concern an invasion is still imminent. And some sort of pretext for invasion is being concocted
US officials are pointing to Russia reporting regarding alleged shelling overnight in Lukhansk as the kind of pretext or provocation they believe Russia could use as a pretext for further military action they are planning to take.
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