Russian envoy warns of right to counterattack in eastern Ukraine
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Shaun Walker in Kyiv from World news | The Guardian on (#5W4JQ)
Exclusive: comments by ambassador to EU will add to fears of false-flag' operation as pretext for invasion
Russia's ambassador to the EU has said Moscow would be within its rights to launch a counterattack" if it felt it needed to protect Russian citizens living in eastern Ukraine.
The comments in an interview with the Guardian will do little to calm fears of a major Russian assault on Ukraine, given one of the key scenarios suggested by western intelligence was Russia launching a false-flag" operation to provide a pretext for invasion.
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