Despite diplomatic efforts, the harshness of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine It can already be seen in Donbas, one of the most affected areas. There, a Ukrainian fisherman has been admitted to hospital after get shot in the leg while fishing. According to Kiev, the pro-Russian separatists would be behind the attack.
Very close to there, in Dnipro, a team from laSexta Noticias has been able to feel the feeling of the civilians. Zelig Brez, director of the Jewish community, states that “people are definitely alarmed and anxious” and that “older people have panic”.
On the street, the feeling is the same: “Who doesn’t care about war? It is very possible that it will happen“, affirms a citizen. In a similar sense a young Ukrainian pronounces: “Of course we are worried, in our time everything is possible”, she explains, to questions from laSexta.
the ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, wants to dilute that fear with a increased investment in its armed forces. Thus, it has announced that in the next three years the country will have 100,000 more professional soldiers.
Meanwhile, the diplomatic track intensifies: this Monday, Vladimir Putin has met with the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, which has assured him that no one in the European Union wants a war. Neither does the President of the United States. Joe Biden, which has called for “de-escalation of tensions”.
For its part, Moscow has responded to the letters from NATO and Washington, but it is not an official response, as the United States believed, but more questions about security guarantees. This Tuesday, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, have spoken by telephone. A talk in which Blinken has warned that if Russia does not intend to invade, this is the time to withdraw its troops from the Ukrainian border, according to the Reuters agency.
His, however, is not the only one in sight: this Wednesday, Putin will speak with the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and the Kremlin is already organizing a face-to-face meeting with the French president Emmanuel Macron.
Source: Lasexta
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