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Julian Borger in Washington Shaun Walker in Boryspil, Ukraine and Dan Sabbagh

Russia plans ‘very graphic’ fake video as pretext for Ukraine invasion, US claims

A service member of the Ukrainian armed forces is seen behind barbed wire at combat positions near the line of separation from Russian-backed rebels near Horlivka in the Donetsk region.
A member of the Ukrainian armed forces is seen near the line of separation from Russian-backed rebels near Horlivka in the Donetsk region. Photograph: Oleksandr Klymenko/Reuters

US officials claim they have evidence of a Russian plan to make a “very graphic” fake video of a Ukrainian attack as a pretext for an invasion.

The alleged plot would involve using corpses, footage of blown-up buildings, fake Ukrainian military hardware, Turkish-made drones and actors playing the part of Russian-speaking mourners.

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