The barometer of the crisis between Russia and Ukraine continues to point towards a further aggravation of the situation. And the specter of conflict is becoming more and more real. Only the “casus belli” is awaited, that is the spark that could give the floor to arms. The United States practically takes for granted an invasion of Ukraine by Moscow troops within the next few days. According to NATO, «all the signs indicate that Russia is planning a large-scale attack on Ukraine. The troops are not withdrawn as Russia says and new troops are added, ”explained Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance Jens Stoltenberg, adding that there are indications of Russian attempts to create a pretext for the attack. Stoltenberg, however, always said he was in favor of a negotiated solution: “We want Russia to change direction and sit at the table with us,” he stressed.
Tense night at the border
Meanwhile, however, the tension is growing. The pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have called the population to general mobilization, denouncing that the forces of Kiev are “in full combat alert”, while in the night, according to Tass, numerous attacks with heavy artillery have reached Donetsk and other cities of the self-proclaimed pro-Russian People’s Republic.
The search for a dialogue
Putin will see French President Macron. On the occasion of the security conference that took place in Munich on Saturday 19 February, Ukrainian President Zelensky sent a precise message to the Atlantic Alliance: «We are Europe’s shield against the Russian army. Defend us or we will do it alone ».
The G7 Foreign Affairs: Moscow chooses diplomacy. Putin oversees the strategic exercise
Germany, France and Italy have asked their compatriots in Ukraine to leave the country. US President Joe Biden has called a meeting of the National Security Council, on the basis of information according to which Russia could “launch an attack on Ukraine at any time”. The G7 Foreign Affairs also expressed its opinion on the crisis: “Moscow should choose diplomacy and withdraw its troops”. While NATO and the US try to keep diplomatic dialogue open, the Russian Federation has shown its (nuclear) muscles. From the Barents Sea to the Caspian coasts, from the Black Sea to the Kamchatka Peninsula, in the Far East: at the height of tensions with the West, from every corner of the immense Russian territory a forest of missiles, including the hypersonic Tsirkon, rose for a strategic exercise supervised directly by Vladimir Putin, alongside the most loyal Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko.
Gb, Moscow plans biggest war in Europe since 1945
Evidence suggests Russia is planning “the biggest war in Europe since 1945,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in an interview with BBC on the sidelines of the Munich security conference, which took place on Saturday 19. February. In a sense, “the plan has already begun,” added the premier, according to whom Russian troops were not only planning to enter Ukraine from the east, via the Donbass, but from Belarus and the surrounding area in Kiev.