On the Edge of Inanity
The disclosure on January 28, 2022 about blood supplies by U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, came amid growing warnings that Russia could be preparing for a further invasion as it massed more than 100,000 soldiers on its border with Ukraine.
Just one day earlier, President Volodymyr Zelensky had played down reports of an imminent - or inevitable - attack. Speaking in incoherent sentences to foreign journalists at the President’s Office in Kyiv, he said Russia’s military build-up was less threatening than similar deployments made in early 2021.
The Pentagon previously acknowledged the deployment of “medical support” as part of Russia’s buildup. But the delivery of blood supplies and medical equipment to military field hospitals, a key indicator of military readiness, grabbed headlines.
“It doesn’t guarantee that there’s going to be another attack, but you would not execute another attack unless you have that in …
