Sullivan: Intel indicates plan from 'highest levels' of Russian government to target civilians
BY RACHEL SCULLY | April 10, 2022
Appearing on ABC's "This Week," Sullivan told host Jon Karl that the "horrifying" images of mass casualties in Ukraine were "downright shocking," but they were "not surprising." He said U.S. intelligence presented the information before the war began.
"We, in fact, before the war began, declassified intelligence and presented it indicating that there was a plan from the highest levels of the Russian government to target civilians who oppose the invasion, to cause violence against them," he said. "To organize efforts to brutalize them in order to try to terrorize the population and subjugate it.
"So this was something that was planned."
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White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Feb. 11 in Washington.
National security advisor Jake Sullivan said U.S. intelligence discovered that "there was a plan from the highest levels of the Russian government to target" civilians in Ukraine.
Appearing on ABC's "This Week," Sullivan told host Jon Karl that the "horrifying" images of mass casualties in Ukraine were "downright shocking," but they were "not surprising." He said U.S. intelligence presented the information before the war began.
"We, in fact, before the war began, declassified intelligence and presented it indicating that there was a plan from the highest levels of the Russian government to target civilians who oppose the invasion, to cause violence against them," he said. "To organize efforts to brutalize them in order to try to terrorize the population and subjugate it.
"So this was something that was planned."
Sullivan noted that frustration among Russian soldiers or troops may also contribute to violence against civilians, as they believed they would have a "glorious victory."NEW: White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan tells @jonkarl that intelligence indicates that "there was a plan from the highest levels of the Russian government to target" Ukrainian civilians.
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Here is another American conman bullsh*t artist (conning people out of money off Twitter) brought to you by the media this time doing choreographed videos from Ukraine posing as a fighter. Maybe Sullivan sent him to Ukraine to do fake war videos?
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