links please.
https://x.com/TheTruth712121/status/1676174018993352704/video/1 Russian President Vladimir Putin denies that Russia is planning to invade.
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/10/1071766987/u-s-russia-dicuss-ukraine-can-diplomacy-help-avoid-a-military-confrontation
Putin said that Russia was acting in self-defense, that its goal was the "demilitarization and denazification" of Ukraine, and claimed that Russia had no plans to occupy Ukrainian land. He threatened severe consequences for any country that intervened.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_conducting_a_special_military_operation
Putin attacked Ukraine after insisting for months there was no plan to do so. Now he says there's no plan to take over.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-ukraine-putin-invasion-after-denials-now-says-no-occupation-plan/
Putin's reaction was a response to the shelling by Kiev of Eastern Ukraine. Ethnic Russian Women and children were being murdered. Did you expect no response?