US Warns Russia Could Invade Ukraine Within Days

an invasion russian to Ukraine It could “happen at any time”, even before the end of the Beijing Olympics scheduled for February 20, the national security adviser of the White HouseJake Sullivan.

“We continue to see signs of Russian escalation, including the arrival of new forces on the border with Ukraine,” he declared. However, Washington is “not saying” that Russian President Vladimir Putin has already made the decision to invade, he added.

“An invasion could happen at any time if Vladimir Putin decides to order it,” he said. “It could start during the Olympics, although there is much speculation that it will only happen after the Games.”

Washington considers that there is a “very clear possibility” that Russia invades Ukraine, but does not know if the Russian leader made the “final decision,” Sullivan said.

“The way he has amassed his forces and positioned them in place makes it clear to us that there is a very distinct possibility that Russia will choose to act militarily,” he told the White House.

“Our opinion is that we do not believe that he has made any final decision, or we do not know that he has made it,” he weighed.

The White House said on Friday that a potential imminent Russian attack on Ukraine could begin with “aerial bombardment and missile strikes that would obviously kill civilians.”

In this scenario, he urged US citizens to leave Ukraine “in the next 24 to 48 hours.”

The threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has served, in parallel, to unify the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance.

“NATO has become stronger. The Alliance is more cohesive, more determined and more dynamic than at any time in our recent memory,” Sullivan said at the briefing.

Russia has called for NATO to withdraw from Eastern Europe to de-escalate the conflict, which the West refuses.

Tensions between Washington and Moscow are at their highest peak since the Cold War. The United States says that some 130,000 Russian soldiers are grouped in dozens of combat brigades near the border with Ukraine, leading Western countries to fear that it is preparing an invasion.

For its part, the Kremlin denies these accusations and defends its right to place troops on its territory as it deems necessary.