Russia has already warned: the tension in Donbas has reached a peak and may have irreparable consequences. This was expressed this Sunday by the Kremlin spokesman. The day before alone there were almost 2,000 ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine and the skirmishes have continued hours later, while more and more images of Russian armor are seen approaching the border with Ukraine. They are Russian military vehicles a few kilometers from the border.
They all have a particularity, a hand-painted ‘Z’ on the outside. “They are what are called ‘friend-foe identification marks’. A symbol is painted for friendly allied units to identify you“, explained Jesús Manuel Pérez Triana, security and defense analyst. Although each of these vehicles have ‘Z’ of different dimensions. “It seems that a very generic order has been given. No one has said that a letter ‘Z’ should be painted white with a standard width and height,” said Pérez Triana.
Just the opposite of other conflicts, such as the Gulf War, where US vehicles had an inverted ‘V’, all the same size. “That the Russians have begun to draw identification signs… If Russia is bluffing, will try to be as believable as possible“, added the analyst. Meanwhile, this Sunday Moscow has ended the joint maneuvers in Belarus, although the latter country has already announced that Russian troops will stay in the territory due to the escalation of tension.
From the other side, the Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, has called from Munich for the withdrawal of Russian troops: “An immediate de-escalation to start talking.” And Emmanuel Macron, President of France, has called Vladimir Putin again to try to avoid war in Ukraine. However, the invasion planAccording to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has already started: “It could be the biggest war in Europe since 1945”.
From the United States, the vice president, Kamala Harris, has indicated that the sanctions that would be imposed against Russia in the event of an invasion of Ukraine could have an impact on energy prices, although he has assured that his Government is taking measures to “mitigate” said cost. “We are taking very specific and appropriate steps to mitigate that cost if it occurs,” he said during his stay at the Munich Security Conference.
And meanwhile, the residents of Donetsk located in the recruitment center of the pro-Russian separatist forces they claim to be “tired of this situation”. His families continue to leave the region, headed for Russia. Ukraine has suspended the operations of one of the seven checkpoints inside Donbas due to the intensity of the bombing, according to the country’s authorities.
Source: Lasexta
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