Russia's Stated Fear of NATO Attack

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Jill Dougherty, The West Fears Russia Is About to Attack Ukraine. But That's Not the Way Russians Are Seeing It on TV. CNN, Jan 25, 2022
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/25/e ... cmd-intl/index.html

Note:
(a) "Foreign forces bristling with weapons are rolling toward the Ukrainian border."
(i) bristle (vi only): "2 (bristle with)  be covered with or abundant in  <the roof bristled with antennas>
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/bristle
(ii) bristle  
"3a: to be full of or covered with especially something suggestive of bristles  <roofs bristled with chimneys>
b: to be full of something specified  <book bristles with detail and irony — WJ Broad>"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bristle
(b) Oxford online dictionary says about etymology of the word fake: "late 18th century (originally slang): origin uncertain."
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/fake
(c) I do not know why Russia wants to invade Ukraine this time, having annexed Crimea.