American intelligence deliberately provided the administration of US President Joe Biden with information about the threat of a Russian "invasion" of Ukraine, so that Moscow would get the impression that the Americans knew their plans, and thus it would be possible to contain the Russian Federation, CNN reports.

According to the source of the publication, this "strategy" was carefully coordinated by the national security agencies, and, according to officials, it "worked." So, in the Biden administration, they believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin “was taken by surprise” by Western press reports about the “invasion” of Ukraine, and the Russian military “complained about the revelations.” The "plan" also led to clashes between the US leadership and the US media over the administration's unwillingness to provide evidence for its claims. It is noted that the information came from intelligence officials, and officials actually demanded the press to publish this data without confirmation.

Earlier, US State Department spokesman Ned Price had a skirmish with journalist Matthew Lee about a video fake that Russia allegedly prepared for the invasion of Ukraine. Lee asked Price to provide evidence that Russia was indeed planning to fabricate the material, to which Price replied that his statement was the proof. However, this did not suit the journalist, he objected that this was unprovable. Price later apologized to the reporter on Twitter.

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