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Ukraine invasion no longer ‘imminent’ – White House


The US is no longer using the word because it created an unintended message, says Jen Psaki

The US government is no longer using the word ‘imminent’ in its narrative around the alleged Russian ‘invasion’ of Ukraine, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters, on Wednesday, explaining that it was sending an unintended message.

“I used it once. I think others have used that once, and we stopped using it because I think it sent a message that we weren't intending to send, which was that we knew that President Putin had made a decision,” Psaki said at a press briefing.

“I would say the vast majority of times I've talked about it, I've said he could invade ‘at any time,’”she added.

 

Russian invasion of Ukraine no longer “imminent”, says the White House, which had promised a Russian invasion every day for near enough two months... For a government that missed the Taliban offensive, foretelling a Russian invasion wasn’t going to be easy... pic.twitter.com/TjAerpVu7m

— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradGazdiev) February 2, 2022

 

 

Psaki’s remarks come after the US envoy to the UN backtracked from the use of ‘imminent’ in an interview with NPR aired on Tuesday.

“No, I would not say that we are arguing that it’s imminent,” Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the broadcaster.

The official transcript of Psaki’s January 25 briefing says otherwise, however. Asked whether the Russian invasion of Ukraine – which the US media and intelligence agencies have claimed since late October would happen any day now – was still “imminent,” here’s what Psaki had to say.

“When we said it was imminent, it remains imminent,” she told one reporter.

“Well, ‘imminent’ has a pretty intense meaning. Doesn’t it?” she said in answer to the very next question. 

“And it’s still the belief that it’s imminent?” was the followup, to which Psaki replied, “Correct.”

Since then, however, Ukrainian media have floated a theory that the whole thing was a big misunderstanding, since there was no exact translation for ‘imminent’ in Ukrainian. The explanation was picked up by Politico, which also claimed that the word was mistranslated as ‘inevitable’ to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

However, Zelensky's native language is Russian, which translates the term – derived from Latin – just fine.

 

 

Read more:

https://www.rt.com/russia/548132-ukraine-invasion-imminent-psaki/

 

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a germanic piggy...

Moscow has repeatedly warned the German authorities that it considers any “politically motivated pressure” on Russian media “unacceptable,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. Officials were referring to the situation around the RT DE channel.

Earlier the same day, Germany's media regular decided that authorities in Berlin-Brandenburg were correct in declaring RT DE Productions GmbH a German-based broadcaster, subject to the country’s laws and regulations.

“A decision by the German media regulator is a clear signal [showing] that Russia’s concerns have been demonstratively ignored,” the Foreign Minstry in Moscow said, adding that such a step leaves Russia no choice but to take “reciprocal measures” against German press outlets certified in Russia, as well as internet platforms which have deleted RT DE accounts “in an arbitrary and baseless way.”

The ministry did not specify what particular measures will be taken. Earlier, it has repeatedly warned Berlin about an “inevitable” response in the case that Germany refuses to find a “constructive solution” to the issue around RT DE's broadcasting “created by [Germany] itself.”

The statement comes as Germany’s Commission on Licensing and Supervision (ZAK) – the central organ of Germany’s Medienanstalten agency – sided with the regional media regulator MABB, which sought to shut down RT DE’s media operations citing an absence of a valid German license.

RT DE has been operating on certification secured in Serbia in 2021, which allowed it to broadcast in various countries, including Germany, under the European Convention on Transfrontier Television (ECTT), of which both Berlin and Belgrade are signatories. The German authorities, however, dismissed this as worthless.

 

Read more:

https://www.rt.com/russia/548128-russia-germany-media-rt-de-ban-response/

 

 

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meanwhile, in syria...

 

US commandos descended on the village of Atmeh, situated in Turkish-backed rebel-held Idlib, aboard helicopter gunships in the early hours of 3 February, killing al-Qurashi and scores of other people, including civilians, according to media reports.

 

A Syrian military spokesman confirmed to Sputnik that 13 people were killed in the US raid. 

Later Thursday, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said that there were "strong, strong indications" that Daesh, not US forces, caused the civilian deaths, and that the victims included al-Qurashi's wife and her two children.

 

The Pentagon spox also confirmed that the US strike team damaged its own helicopter. Officials earlier told reporters that the damaged chopper was grounded and blown up during the course of the operation.

Idlib Terror Stronghold

The village of Atmeh is situated just over the border from Turkey. It's not clear whether Ankara was made aware of the operation ahead of time. Biden made no mention of Turkey during Thursday's announcement, but did say that the US was "aided by the essential partnership of the Syrian Democratic Forces," the Syrian Kurdish militia force in control of large swathes of northeastern Syria together with US troops. Turkey classifies the SDF as a "terrorist organization." In his comments later in the day, Kirby said that only US forces were involved in the raid.

 

Idlib is home to tens of thousands of militants who evacuated to the region from the rest of Syria amid a series of successful offensives by the Syrian government to clear the country of rebel and jihadist forces. It is often characterised by Western media as Syria's "last rebel stronghold." Areas in the north and northeast of the country are occupied directly by Turkish forces, as well as US-backed Syrian Kurdish militias. The US also has a garrison in southern Syria on the border with Iraq and Jordan. 

Damascus has vowed to one day restore full control over all of its territories, including Idlib, and has urged all foreign forces not invited into the country by its internationally recognized government to exit immediately. Syrian authorities and media have also accused the US and its allies of working with Daesh and other terrorist groups directly, and of transporting terror commanders aboard helicopter gunships and providing weapons and training to jihadist fighters.

 

 

Read more:

https://sputniknews.com/20220203/us-removed-daesh-leader-al-qurashi-from-battlefield-in-overnight-raid-in-syria-biden-says-1092718478.html

 

spox ????

 

""""""Last night at my direction, US military forces in northwestern Syria successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation to protect the American people and our allies, and make the world a safer place. Thanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces, we have taken off the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi- the leader of ISIS. All Americans have returned safely from the operation," Biden said in a short statement on Thursday."""""

 

 

"...at my direction..." Bravo Biden... Not an ounce of sarcasm here... or is there a ton of it... alla Trump tooting his exploits? Many questions are left unanswered but we'll pass them to the Pope to answer them succintly... "Biden is a good Catholic abortionist and a brave killer..."

 

 

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