Will Russia EVER invade Ukraine? US media says 'any day now' (Full show)
The White House, State Department and Pentagon are clearly back to their favorite tactics in fabricating "evidence" to unilateral military adventures abroad. The run-up to the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, which involved endless repetition of damning narratives and the fabrication of so-called evidence to justify the military adventurism, is still a fresh memory. Former Pentagon official Michael Maloof and independent journalist Ben Norton share their insights. RT's Peter Oliver reports on the involvement of the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion, an openly fascist organization of Ukrainian nationalists, in arming and training civilians ahead of anticipated Russian aggression in Eastern Ukraine. RT America’s Trinity Chavez reports on the arrest of at least two dozen protesters as Canadian police cleared the Freedom Convoy protesters unlawfully blockading the Ambassador Bridge, which had significantly disrupted trade between Canada and the US and put attention on popular demand to repeal pandemic regulations in place across North America. Acting on the advice of US President Biden, PM Trudeau invoked the “Emergencies Act,” an unprecedented move significantly curtailing Canadians’ civil liberties and freedom of assembly.
Plus, RT senior writer Nebojsa Malic helps us break down the timeline of top-level diplomatic meetings in Europe wherein the leaders of France and Germany have tried to prevent the military confrontation between Russia and Ukraine that the Washington establishment continues to loudly anticipate. And RT America's Paxton Boyd reports on the imminent rollback of proof-of-vaccination and mask mandates in Washington, DC due to a drastic decline in omicron cases and hospitalizations.