Frist report: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order directing the mobilization of reserves in Russia.

NEWSRAEL: This was just tweeted from the AP White house reporter! This means that the videos we have been seeing online were faked and done two days ago in a plan to show that the situation among the "Ukrainin sepratists was dire and that Ukraine is attacking them, and all this to makean excuse for Russia to attack Ukraine.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Metadata: 2 videos posted Friday by Russia-backed separatists on emergency civilian evacuation were created 2 days ago.

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry official statement: "The allegations that the Ukrainian government intends to launch an offensive in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk are divorced from reality. We remain committed to a political-diplomatic arrangement."

The United States has obtained intelligence that Russia is preparing lists of Ukrainian political figures and high-profile political opponents who would be targeted for arrest or assassination in the event of a Russian attack on Ukraine, according to a Foreign Policy report.

Officials in the United States are anticipating a Russian attack on Ukraine in the coming days, according to a report in the Wall Street 
Journal. The newspaper added that the attack may include a combination of fighter jets, tanks, ballistic missiles and cyber attacks.

The Wall Street Journal quoted senior U.S. officials as saying, "The Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent, and Moscow will use tanks, jets and cyber-attacks."

More tensions in the region: Separatists claim Ukrainian security forces fired more than 300 mines and shells at their territory today
(Please note that the separatists' reports must be read with a good deal of suspicion)