NYT on the situation, part one

[Mark Kohut]

U.S. Battles Putin by Disclosing His Next Possible Moves

Declassified information is part of a campaign to complicate what officials
say are Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine.

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   By Julian E. Barnes <https://www.nytimes.com/by/julian-e-barnes> and Helene
   Cooper <https://www.nytimes.com/by/helene-cooper>
   Feb. 12, 2022

   WASHINGTON — After decades of getting schooled in information warfare by
   President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, the United States is trying to beat
   the master at his own game.

   In recent weeks, the Biden administration has detailed the movement of
   Russian special operation forces to Ukraine’s borders,
   <https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/world/europe/russia-troops-belarus-border-ukraine.html>
    exposed a Russian plan to create a video of a faked atrocity
   <https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/us/politics/russia-ukraine-invasion-pretext.html>
    as a pretext for an invasion, outlined Moscow’s war plans, warned that
   an invasion
   <https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/us/politics/russia-ukraine-invasion.html>
    would result in possibly thousands of deaths and hinted that Russian
   officers had doubts about Mr. Putin.

   Then, on Friday, Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s national security
   adviser, told reporters at the White House that the United States was
   seeing signs of Russian escalation and that there was a “credible prospect”
   of immediate military action. Other officials said the announcement was
   prompted by new intelligence that signaled an invasion could begin as soon
   as Wednesday.

   All told, the extraordinary series of disclosures — unfolding almost as
   quickly as information is collected and assessed — has amounted to one of
   the most aggressive releases of intelligence by the United States since the
   Cuban missile crisis, current and former officials say.

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