Ukraine ‘invasion’ not new: Russia has had troops in Donbas for 8 years, U.S. official admits
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Amid charges from U.S. and foreign officials that Russia now has invaded eastern sectors of Ukraine, a senior administration official confirmed that Moscow has maintained forces inside the region for nearly a decade.
“Russian troops moving into Donbas would not itself be a new step,” the official said. “Russia has had forces in the Donbas region for the past eight years.”
The official made the comments during a background briefing with reporters on Monday, and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The comments seem to contradict official White House declarations that by sending in troops to the region, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an incursion against its western neighbor.
Putin wraps Biden’s fake facts around his head for declaring days and days of “invasions”
Putin says *after* one sanction, “NOW. I’ll show you an invasion.”
Huhh? Surely not.
Putin was waiting on that first sanction with lightening force to greenlight the clean sweep of Ukraine, decimate its naval ships and squeeze Kiev.