The White House warned again Friday that Russia was almost certain to invade Ukraine soon, despite sharing no detailed new intelligence showing that Russian President Vladimir Putin had made a final decision.
“There is a credible prospect that a Russia military action would take place even before the Olympics,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said at the daily briefing.
The Winter Olympic Games are currently underway in Beijing and end on February 20.
Sullivan shared his more alarming assessment of the situation in Ukraine with the press as President Joe Biden prepared to leave for the weekend to the Camp David presidential retreat.
He said he could not pinpoint the day or the hour of a potential invasion and admitted he did not know of the scope of the invasion, either.
“It could be more limited, it could be more expansive, but there are very real…
