“Without going into too much detail, we have information that shows that Russia is already actively working to create a pretext for a potential invasion, advance into Ukraine,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
As Kirby noted, the American side allegedly has information that Russia has deployed a group of operatives to "conduct an operation under a false flag."
“An operation that should look like an attack on them or on Russian-speaking people in Ukraine as a justification for an invasion,” he said.
Earlier, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the statement of the American television channel CNN about the alleged preparation of a provocation by the Russian special services in the Donbass is unfounded and unconfirmed.