tensions are high between Westerners and Russia

Monday, January 24, an endless escalation is playing out between Moscow (Russia) and the West. Ukraine is at the center of the debates. Fearing an invasion at any moment, US President Joe Biden has placed 8,500 military personnel on high alert, ready to deploy. The United States and Great Britain consider this threat to be very real and have therefore repatriated some of their diplomatic personnel as well as their families present in Kiev.

Earlier in the day, NATO announced that it was putting its forces on standby. Denmark has sent a frigate to the Baltic Sea and is preparing to send F16 fighters. Moscow speaks of a hysteria. Faced with this situation, the European Union, which has released financial aid of 1.2 billion euros, calls for calm. In Donetsk (Ukraine), stronghold of pro-Russian separatists, young people fear that the conflict will escalate. On the French side, Emmanuel Macron wants to play the role of mediator: he will meet with Vladimir Putin, in the coming days, to discuss a path of de-escalation.