A report by the American 007 pushes to accelerate the negotiations, the last diplomatic attempts before the issue is resolved with arms: "Russia is in the process of completing its military deployment on the border with Ukraine, a prelude to a massive invasion that could cost the lives of 50 civilians, behead the government in Kiev within two days and cause a wave of 5 million refugees ". Moscow defined the report as a insane speculation from Washington. Washington believes that from mid-February everything is possible because the winter is over and the conditions on the ground are optimal for the passage of the Russian armored divisions.
Today the German Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz will fly to the US, while Macron will go by Putin to seek mediation in order to foster detente, reassuring security on Russia's eastern borders.
The report is based on satellite surveys that show the forces deployed in the field: 83 Russian tactical battalions, each with 750 soldiers, for a total of 62500 men, almost 20 thousand more than two weeks ago, bringing the total number to about 150 thousand units . The latest movements also concern the Iskander-M missiles, mounted on mobile launch pads, with 300 miles of range. 11 amphibious assault ships and several submarines have been sent to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, while about 1.500 members of the special forces are already on the border or inside the territory of Kiev. Another front is the Belarusian one where the Moscow troops could start their march from Zhytomyr and then arrive from the east to Kiev.
- Use and the allies of the NATO continue to erect an adequate defense device, since January 22 Washington has sent 8 freighters with ammunition, weapons, anti-tank missiles, artillery pieces. Stinger missiles and many drones from Turkey arrived from the Baltic countries.
The attack, according to the US report, could be preceded by a mock aggression against the Russian minority, followed by massive cyber attacks.