{"id":69580,"date":"2022-02-11T10:52:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T10:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/02\/11\/russia-could-again-invade-ukraine-during-olympics-blinken-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:05:27","slug":"russia-could-again-invade-ukraine-during-olympics-blinken-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/02\/11\/russia-could-again-invade-ukraine-during-olympics-blinken-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia could again invade Ukraine during Olympics, Blinken says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia could again invade Ukraine during the current Beijing Winter Olympics so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2022\/02\/07\/biden-it-would-be-wise-for-americans-to-leave-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Americans should leave the Eastern European country immediately<\/a>, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blinken did not detail the reasons behind the State Department\u2019s latest security alert that calls on all American citizens to leave Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSimply put, we continue to see very troubling signs of Russian escalation, including new forces arriving at the Ukrainian border,\u201d Blinken said in Canberra, Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re in a window when an invasion could begin at any time and, to be clear, that includes during the Olympics,\u201d Blinken added. The Olympic Games are scheduled to end on Feb. 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has amassed over 100,000 troops near Ukraine. It says it has no plans to invade but wants the West to keep Ukraine and other former Soviet countries out of NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The threat of war in Ukraine and a strengthened alliance between Russia and China were high on the agenda of a meeting in Canberra on Friday among Blinken and his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2022\/02\/06\/us-troops-begin-to-arrive-in-poland-amid-ukraine-tension\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22035698346818.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">U.S. troops begin to arrive in Poland amid Ukraine tension<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The airborne infantry troops of the 82nd Airborne Division arrived at the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport on a U.S. Army Boeing C-17 Globemaster plane.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The four nations form the \u201cQuad,\u201d a bloc of Indo-Pacific democracies created to counter China\u2019s growing regional influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, who chaired the meeting, said the alliance between Moscow and Beijing was \u201cconcerning because it doesn\u2019t &#8230; represent a global order that squares with &#8230; ambitions for freedom and openness and sovereignty and the protection of territorial integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the question of the alliance, Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, whose government is one of Russia\u2019s biggest customers for military hardware, emphasized that the Quad partnership was about shared ambitions and \u201cnot against somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"8788\" height=\"5657\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14_close-up-view-of-troop-housing-area-and-field-hosptial_zyabrovka-airfeld_belarus_10feb2022_wv3.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14_close-up-view-of-troop-housing-area-and-field-hosptial_zyabrovka-airfeld_belarus_10feb2022_wv3.jpg.jpg 8788w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14_close-up-view-of-troop-housing-area-and-field-hosptial_zyabrovka-airfeld_belarus_10feb2022_wv3.jpg.jpg?resize=300,193 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14_close-up-view-of-troop-housing-area-and-field-hosptial_zyabrovka-airfeld_belarus_10feb2022_wv3.jpg.jpg?resize=768,494 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14_close-up-view-of-troop-housing-area-and-field-hosptial_zyabrovka-airfeld_belarus_10feb2022_wv3.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,659 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14_close-up-view-of-troop-housing-area-and-field-hosptial_zyabrovka-airfeld_belarus_10feb2022_wv3.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,989 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14_close-up-view-of-troop-housing-area-and-field-hosptial_zyabrovka-airfeld_belarus_10feb2022_wv3.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1318 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 8788px) 100vw, 8788px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Closer view shows troop housing area and a field hospital at Zyabrovka airfield, Belarus, Feb. 10, 2022 (Satellite image \u00a92022 Maxar Technologies)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked by a reporter if Russia had behaved appropriately toward Ukraine, Jaishankar replied that the Quad meeting was focused on the Indo-Pacific region, not Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blinken earlier said a conflict with China in the Indo-Pacific was not inevitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe share concerns that in recent years China has been acting more aggressively at home and more aggressively in the region and indeed potentially beyond,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/09\/02\/what-war-with-china-could-look-like\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635774999538290744-mar-2015-dawn-blitz-5jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What war with China could look like<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A host of scenarios could push China and the United States into some kind of conflict.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Quad partners are united by an \u201caffirmative vision for what the future can bring\u201d and a \u201ccommitment to defend the rules-based system that we have spent tremendous time and effort building,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blinken\u2019s trip is designed to reinforce America\u2019s interests in Asia and its intent to push back against increasing Chinese assertiveness in the region. He will also visit Fiji and discuss pressing concerns about North Korea with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chinese Foreign Ministry this week accused the United States of using the Quad to force other countries to accept the standards of American democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia has suffered trade retaliation in recent years for angering Beijing over actions that include outlawing covert foreign interference in domestic politics, banning Chinese tech giant Huawei from major infrastructure projects and urging an independent investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he felt reassured by the shared commitment against coercion after meetings with Blinken, Jaishankar and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier Friday, Blinken and 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