The United States on Monday abruptly urged all Americans in Russia to immediately leave the country in a top-level advisory which cited the “unpredictable consequences” of their armed conflict with Ukraine.
In the Monday advisory, the U.S. instructed American citizens, including dual nationals to leave Russia immediately and halt all travel in order to avoid “harassment” and unjust detention by the Russian government.
“Do not travel to Russia due to the unpredictable consequences of the unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces, the potential for harassment and the singling out of U.S. citizens for detention by Russian government security officials, the arbitrary enforcement of local law, limited flights into and out of Russia, the Embassy’s limited ability to assist U.S. citizens in Russia, and the possibility of terrorism,” the alert states.
“U.S. citizens residing or traveling in Russia should depart immediately. Exercise increased caution due to the risk of wrongful detentions.”
The advisory was labeled as Level 4, the State Department’s most serious — involving the exercise of caution to prohibitions on travel.
The warning comes as Putin plans to hold a concert with over 200,000 Russians in attendance in commemoration of the nation’s February 24, 2022 “special military operation” in Ukraine.
In Moscow, a large-scale rally-concert is being prepared in Luzhniki with putin's participation, the event is scheduled for Feb 22, while the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on Feb 24.
The rally-concert plans to engage 200 thousand russians pic.twitter.com/ts3RlV8u0j— Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) February 10, 2023
As the one-year mark of the conflict’s escalation comes closer, American, Ukrainian, and other western officials fear that Russia may amass close to half a million troops and 1,800 tanks for a large offensive against Zelensky’s forces to take control of Eastern Ukraine.
Speaking to Foreign Policy Magazine on February 8, one unnamed Ukrainian official claimed that 500,000 troops, 1,800 tanks, 3,950 armored vehicles, 2,700 artillery systems, 810 rocket launch systems, 400 fighter jets and 300 helicopters have been readied for Russia’s anticipated move.
The news comes after new unconfirmed video purportedly showed the armed forces of Ukraine deploying chemical weapons against Russian soldiers.
One video, posted by popular pro-Russia Twitter user Donbass Devushka last week, appears to show a Russian soldier descend into involuntary convulsions and drowning after being hit with what seems to be a chemical gas.
Separate video appears to show Ukrainian forces bragging about using the chemical weapons as they apply them to drones, which ostensibly would be used for attacks against Russians.
Another confirmation emerged that some units of the AFU on the Bakhmut direction are using chemical weapons. The video was filmed, reportedly, by the commander of a separate air reconnaissance group called "Magyar's Birds".
[Yarem] pic.twitter.com/AQPyL2Xz1M— Rybar in English (@rybar_en) January 13, 2023
Valiant News exclusively reported last week that a recently unearthed 2005 article from the Washington Post reveals that 44th President Barack Obama, then a U.S. Senator, visited Ukraine in the mid 2000’s to announce that the United States would be funding “security” improvements at multiple Ukrainian “antiplague” laboratories that housed dangerous and lethal pathogens from the Soviet era.
Then-Senator Obama and Senator Richard Lugar visited Kiev in 2005 to announce that the U.S. would be funding "security" upgrades for a network of Ukrainian biolabs, home to lethal pathogens including Anthrax and the plague. On the trip, he met with Ukrainian President Yushchenko. pic.twitter.com/1X7VaPKODF
— Andrew (@whiteaf5) February 7, 2023
According to the article, published on August 30, 2005 and written by seasoned Washington Post reporter Joby Warrick, both the U.S. and Ukraine agreed on a joint effort to “prevent the spread of biological weapons” with a signed agreement that allowed for Congress to send Ukraine money to be spent on “security upgrades” for a network of Cold War-era Ukrainian biological institutes.
