White House Brands Russia Troop Movement Inside Own Country As ‘Aggression’ Against Ukraine

White House spokespserson Jen Psaki said on Thursday that the internal movement of Russian troops into the country’s south was “aggression” against Ukraine and the origin of the present crisis.
“The aggression here is on the Russian side, the military buildup is on the Russian side,” Psaki told reporters at the White House on Thursday. She was asked about comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier in the day that the situation in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region, where Kiev has fought a seven-year war against several autonomous Russian-speaking cities, resembled a genocide. Read More…