© Associated Press/Manuel Balce CenetaWhite House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Feb. 11 in Washington.
National security advisor Jake Sullivan said U.S. intelligence discovered that "there was a plan from the highest levels of the Russian government to target" civilians in Ukraine.
Appearing on ABC's "
This Week," Sullivan told host Jon Karl that the "horrifying"
images of mass casualties in Ukraine were "downright shocking," but they were "not surprising." He said U.S. intelligence presented the information before the war began.
"We, in fact, before the war began, declassified intelligence and presented it indicating that there was a plan from the highest levels of the Russian government to target civilians who oppose the invasion, to cause violence against them," he said. "To organize efforts to brutalize them in order to try to terrorize the population and subjugate it.
"So this was something that was planned."
Sullivan noted that frustration among Russian soldiers or troops may also contribute to violence against civilians, as they believed they would have a "glorious victory."
Comment: Ok, Goebbels. Coming just days after the public admission that anti-Russian talking points and "intelligence" are
faked by the American intel community, no one should believe a word coming out of Sullivan's mouth. This is the way American "intelligence" works: whenever there is a false narrative the intel community wants people to believe, it simply says that their "intelligence" suggests that this narrative is the case. It isn't. They just made it up, plain and simple, just as they made up the "Putin asking China for military help," "Putin is planning chemical weapons attacks," etc., ad nauseam.
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