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U.K. Says Moscow Plotting to Install New Leader in Ukraine

January 22, 2022 at 5:44 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The British government said Saturday that the Kremlin was developing plans to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine — and had already chosen a potential candidate — as President Vladimir Putin weighs whether to order the Russian forces amassed on Ukraine’s border to attack,” the New York Times reports.

“The highly unusual public communiqué by the United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, issued late at night in London, comes at a moment of high-stakes diplomacy between the Kremlin and the West.”

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