Antony Blinken actually said...

"Russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack. We don`t know exactly the formal attack."

"Russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack. This could be a violent event that Russia will bring on Ukraine or an outrageous accusation that Russia will level against the Ukrainian governmen..."

"I think that's been a little bit of a warning for the White House, and also talking about the beginning of an attack, what that would look like and going into detail, just making clear, I think, to th..."

"First, Russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack."