Despite the tensions, however, the path of diplomacy continues. In the aftermath of the phone call between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin that did not change the scenario in relation to Ukraine, a new appeal to the Russian president comes from Germany.
“I appeal to President Putin: loosen the noose around Ukraine’s neck and let us seek together a path that preserves peace in Europe”. In the aftermath of the phone call between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin that did not change the scenario in relation to Ukraine, the appeal to the Russian president came from Germany, precisely from the newly re-elected president Frank-Walter Steinmeier for a second term.
“We are in the midst of the risk of a military conflict, a war in Eastern Europe” and “Russia bears responsibility for this”, were Steinmeier’s words.
The yellow on the airspace
All while mixed rumors about Ukrainian airspace came. Ukraine has not closed its airspace, presidential spokesman Sergii Nykyforov assured AP. But the Ukrainian air traffic safety agency, Ukraerorukh, released a statement stating that the airspace over the Black Sea is a “potential danger zone” and recommends that planes avoid flying over the sea between the 14th. and on February 19, coinciding with Russian military exercises.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as Russian forces surround Ukraine on three sides for what Moscow insists are just military exercises, has returned to send a message of calm, saying that an invasion has yet to see convincing evidence.