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The situation in Ukraine could escalate at any time. Washington has thus repatriated the families of its diplomats and calls on its nationals to avoid Russia. Paris, for its part, is asking to postpone non-essential trips to Ukraine.
Russian troops are training just 300 meters from the Ukrainian border. Around Ukraine, Russia is massing its forces with 100,000 men along the border and now missiles in Belarus. In the conflict between Vladimir Putin to western countries, experts rule out a full-scale invasion at this time.
Faced with the risk of escalating violence, the British and the Americans have recalled some of their diplomatic staff here in Kyiv (Ukraine). Ukraine claims to have evidence of Russian involvement in the hacking of their country’s computer sites. His opponent denies. But would the hypothesis of a war be a Russian gamble? It is possible, because “Putin wants to be respected (…) and for Russia to be respected, so that it is taken for a great power despite the relatively limited means at its disposal”, supports Pascal Boniface, from the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS).
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