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Tension is at its height on Saturday February 19, in the crisis between Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainian armed forces and pro-Russian separatists accuse each other of serious ceasefire violations, raising fears of an imminent Russian invasion. Maryse Burgot, special correspondent in Myronivsky (Ukraine), takes stock of the situation.
The situation is tense in Ukraine. “It is a new illustration of the communication battle that is underway. This morning of Saturday February 19, the two separatist leaders of Donbass proclaim the general mobilization, they ask the reservists to join the barracks”, reports Maryse Burgot, special correspondent in Myronivsky, Ukraine. “It seems that these leaders want to dramatize the situationadds the journalist. According to them, Ukraine is preparing to invade their region“, continues Maryse Burgot.
“I am very close to the front line. This is where a Ukrainian soldier was killed this morning by shrapnel. In fact, both sides accuse each other of ceasefire violations, and we hear quite regularly here of bombings“, concludes Maryse Burgot, from Myronivsky.
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