U.S. officials have obtained intelligence that Russia’s announced military pullback from Ukraine’s border was a deliberate ruse to mislead the United States and other world powers, four officials said Thursday, as President Biden offered a bleak warning that the Kremlin will launch an attack “in the next several days.”
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U.S. intelligence shows Russia’s military pullback was a ruse, officials say
Updated February 17, 2022 at 9:02 p.m. EST|Published February 17, 2022 at 1:00 a.m. EST