kyiv and its inhabitants expect possible “provocations, because we know Vladimir Putin’s love for symbolic dates”, indicates Tetyana Ogarkova, before the anniversary date of the country’s independence, which also marks the six month of the beginning of the conflict with Russia.
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A date presented at high risk by the authorities: the August 24, 2022 coincides with the 31st anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, but also with the six months of war launched by Russia on February 24th. While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he feared acts “particularly disgusting” from Moscow, on franceinfo, the Ukrainian journalist based in kyiv, Tetyana Ogarkova, confides that “There is a certain nervousness among the population“on the eve of August 24, but”we will survive“, she indicated.
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“For several days, even weeks, we have been receiving information from the Ukrainian General Staff, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and foreign intelligence services“about possibilities”provocations, because we know Vladimir Putin’s love for symbolic dates“, underlines Tetyana Ogarkova ironically.
“We really pay attention to air alerts“, adds the journalist, head of the international department of Ukraine CRISIS media center, who also says “to understand“the United States’ call for American nationals to leave Ukraine.
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“The air defense of Ukraine will be unable to shoot down all the missiles, so some are bound to fall somewhere,” details Tetyana Ogarkova, before qualifying, “mbut we think that the arsenal of Russia is not as big today as it was six months ago“. And to conclude: “We try to calm down, to tell ourselves that we will survive“.