Will Putin invade Ukraine?
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The Times
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🗓️ 3 February 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Over 100,000 Russian troops have amassed on the Ukrainian border, stoking fears across the West that President Putin is posturing for an invasion. But what is he really after? And how did we get here?
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| 1:02.8 | It began at the end of last year, as Russian troops were on the move. |
| 1:09.3 | New satellite images tonight show Russian forces at the ready near the Ukrainian border. |
| 1:15.2 | U.S. intelligence warn Russia's Vladimir Putin may be planning an attack on the U.S. ally. |
| 1:21.7 | Ukraine's defense minister says Russia could be planning to invade his country as soon |
| 1:26.0 | as next month. It sparked international outrage. |
| 1:30.5 | If any, any assembled Russian units move across Ukrainian border, that is an invasion. |
| 1:38.2 | Let there be no doubt at all that if Putin makes this choice, Russia will pay a heavy price. |
| 1:43.7 | A Russian invasion of Ukraine would be a political disaster, a humanitarian disaster. |
| 1:51.6 | In my view, it would also be a military disaster. |
| 1:56.0 | With high-level talks stalling, President Putin is already playing the blame game. |
| 2:03.2 | The United States' most important goal is to contain Russia. That's the thing. In |
| 2:08.9 | this sense, Ukraine itself is just a tool to achieve this goal. This can be done in |
| 2:13.5 | different ways. One of them is to draw us into some armed conflict. |
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