Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu claimed Tuesday that U.S. mercenaries were preparing Ukrainian special forces and radical armed groups for “active hostilities” in eastern Ukraine, and had delivered “an unidentified chemical component” to the region “to commit provocations.”
translation = we are going to launch a false flag chemical attack on ukrainian sepratists (or russian troops on 'holiday' then blame it on ukraine and then use that a pretense to invade the country