January 2022 Donbass false-flag attack plan


 * ''See also 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine hoax

Western allegations
Russia is planning a "false flag" operation against its own "proxy" forces in Ukraine, the White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has said. She says this could be done to justify a Russian "intervention" in the country.

– SKY News on Twitter
 * First on CNN: US intelligence indicates Russia preparing operation to justify invasion of Ukraine - CNN, January 14, 2022
 * USA: Russia staging 'false-flag' operation to justify Ukraine invasion - Psaki - Ruptly, January 14, 2022 (C-SPAN, transcript)
 * White House Says Russia Is Planning ‘False Flag’ Operation as Pretext for Invading Ukraine - Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2022 (archive)
 * U.S. Accuses Russia Of Preparing 'False-Flag' Operation In Ukraine - RFE/RL, January 14, 2022
 * U.S. intel suggests Russia is preparing a 'false-flag' operation as pretext for Ukraine invasion - NBC News, January 14, 2022
 * US accuses Russia of 'fabricating a pretext' to invade Ukraine - ABC News, January 14, 2022
 * US fears Russia planning 'false flag' operation in Ukraine - DW, January 14, 2022
 * U.S. Accuses Russia of Fabricating Pretext to Invade Ukraine Reuters video via NYT, January 14, 2022] - (archive)
 * US claims Russia planning ‘false-flag’ operation to justify Ukraine invasion - Luke Harding, The Guardian'', January 14, 2022
 * US warns of Russia plotting ‘false flag’ operation to provoke Ukraine invasion - New York Post, January 14, 2022
 * Russia mapping out ‘false flag’ incident in eastern Ukraine as pretext to invade, according to ‘very credible’ U.S. intelligence assessment - Associated Press via Marketwatch, January 14, 2022
 * U.S. Says Russia Readying 'False-Flag' Operation to Invade Ukraine - AFP via The Moscow Times, January 14, 2022
 * Russia-Ukraine: US warns of 'false-flag' operation - BBC, January 15, 2022
 * US says Russia is planning a 'false-flag operation' to justify invading Ukraine - France24, January 15, 2022
 * U.S. to allege Russian plot to stage attack as pretext for Ukraine invasion - The Washington Post, February 3, 2022 (archive)
 * Pentagon Claims Russians ‘Likely to Want to Fabricate’ Attack by Ukraine to Justify Invasion - Sputnik, February 3, 2022
 * Bloomberg 'Inadvertently' Reports 'Russia Invades Ukraine', Offers Live Feed - Sputnik, February 5, 2022

Russian denials

 * Russian Officials Refute Allegations of 'False-Flag' Operation in Ukraine - Newsweek, January 15, 2022
 * Russia denies US claim it seeks ‘false flag’ pretext to invade Ukraine - Associated Press via Military Times, January 17, 2022
 * US Conducting Information Warfare With Provocation Claims: Russian Ambassador - Sputnik, February 5, 2022

Ammonium leak

 * The Russian occupation administration has lost control over chemicals imported into the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine - Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, January 15, 2022
 * DPR – OSCE DEBUNKS UKRAINIAN INTELLIGENCE LIE ABOUT CHEMICAL LEAK - Christelle Néant, Donbass Insider, January 18, 2022

"Pro-Russian" allegations

 * EMERGENCY STATEMENT OF THE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NM DNR 19.01.2022
 * Big WAR! Urgent statement of Eduard Basurin! - Politics Today: Russia USA Ukraine, January 19, 2022 (video)
 * Intel Slava on Telegram, January 20, 2022
 * ''🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡The press service of the People's Militia of the DPR reports on the preparation by the Ukrainian military of sabotage "under a false flag" at the life support facilities of the self-proclaimed republics of Donbass. Among the goals and objects of the chemical industry.
 * ''"The actions are planned to be carried out by the forces of the 8th regiment of the MTR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the guise of servicemen of the NM of the DPR and the MTR of the Russian Armed Forces.
 * ''All actions of Ukrainian saboteurs will be recorded on video with subsequent presentation as evidence in international organizations.
 * ''In order to implement the above scenario, six sabotage groups have been formed. They were trained by British specialists."
 * Emergency Statement On Ukraine Invasion From Anti Government (DPR) Military - Patrick Lancaster, January 21, 2022 (video)
 * Croatian president accuses Britain of pushing Ukraine to war - 24/7 News Bulletin, February 2, 2022
 * Removing channels of the DNR and LNR from YouTube - Colonel Cassad, February 4, 2022
 * ''Several Ukrainian opposition channels were also blocked at once. All channels have been working quite calmly since 2014-2015. In fact, the information field is being cleaned up before an increasingly likely provocation that will launch intense hostilities in Ukraine.

Analysis

 * Concerns about "bargaining coins" - Boris Rozhin, Аналитическая служба Донбасса, January 30, 2022 (mirror)
 * High probability of a major false flag PSYOP in the Ukraine - The Saker, January 31, 2022
 * Ukrainian invasion virtually imminent - Lilia Shumkova, The Saker blog, January 31, 2022