UK government: Kremlin has plan 'to install pro-Russian leadership' in Ukraine

The United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary said tonight that the government has 'information that indicates the Russian Government is looking to install a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv as it considers whether to invade and occupy Ukraine.'

The United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary on Saturday night

has "information that indicates the Russian Government is looking to install a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv as it considers whether to invade and occupy Ukraine."U.S. National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne called the intelligence "deeply concerning" in a statement to Axios.

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