“We have reason to believe that Russian forces are planning to invade Ukraine in the coming week,” the US president said. The United States believes that Russia has targeted the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
According to a US Department of Defense official, about 40 to 50 percent of troops on the border with Ukraine are “ready to attack.” That is a larger number than has been observed so far.
Russia has repeatedly contradicted claims that it plans to attack Ukraine in recent weeks.