British PM: Next few days 'most dangerous' in Russia, Ukraine standoff

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the next few days could be the most dangerous moment and could be the "biggest security crisis that Europe has faced for decades," amid NATO’s military buildup in eastern Europe and rising Russia and Ukraine tensions.

"This is probably the most dangerous moment, I would say, in the course of the next few days, in what is the biggest security crisis that Europe has faced for decades, and we've got to get it right," Johnson said, according to Reuters.

"And I think that the combination of sanctions and military resolve, plus diplomacy is what is in order,” he added.

The United States and the United Kingdom have accused Russia of planning to create a pretext to invade Ukraine, despite the fact that, according to an independent analyst, it is Washington that has a long record of carrying out so-called "false flag" operations to launch wars.

Both countries also said they were preparing sanctions on Russians with links to the government of President Vladimir Putin to stop what they call Moscow's plan to invade Ukraine. Moscow has rejected the allegation.

Johnson told reporters at the NATO headquarters in Brussels that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin has not decided whether to invade Ukraine.

"That doesn't mean that it is impossible that something absolutely disastrous could happen very soon indeed," Johnson continued. "And our intelligence, I'm afraid to say, remains grim."

Johnson on Thursday said Britain "remains unwavering in our commitment to European security."

Russia calls US assessment of possible Ukraine invasion ‘madness and scaremongering’

Russia calls a US intelligence assessment of a possible invasion of Ukraine “madness and scaremongering."

Last week, the Pentagon spokesman confirmed a report first published by The Washington Post that claimed Russia has prepared a false flag operation, approved at high levels in Moscow, against Ukraine.

However, as New York-based analyst and political commentator Don DeBar pointed out, it is the United States, not Russia, that has a long record of running so-called "false flag" operations to enable invasion and war.

"There is no ambiguity there," DeBar commented to Press TV. "This is what they (Americans) do when they need an excuse to go to war. Whether the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the incubator babies and then the invisible WMDs in Iraq, the phony claims of Libyan airplanes strafing protestors, all the way back to the sinking of the Maine... the US government lies, kills and misdirects in order to provide what is, in essence, political public relations cover for war."

US deploys more troops to Poland as Ukraine downplays speculations of Russian invasion

Another contingent of US troops land in southeastern Poland near the border with Ukraine as part of efforts to reinforce NATO’s military buildup in eastern Europe.

The United Kingdom said last week it was also prepared to punish Russian elites close to Putin with asset freezes and travel bans if Russia sends troops into Ukraine.

Britain urged Putin to "step back from the brink" after accusing Russia of the buildup of troops near Ukraine and warned any incursion would trigger sanctions against companies and people close to the Kremlin, according to Reuters.

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said planned legislation will give London new powers to target companies linked to the Russian state.

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