(Kiev) Russia could initiate a “big war in Europe” in the coming days, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said overnight Wednesday to Thursday.
Posted at 6:34 p.m.
A Russian invasion of Ukraine could begin “any day” at the risk of “becoming the start of a great war in Europe”, warned Mr. Zelensky in an address to the Nation and the people Russian, speaking in Russian and not in Ukrainian as he used to.
The Ukrainian president said he unsuccessfully requested a telephone interview with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
“I took the initiative today of a telephone conversation with the President of the Russian Federation. Result: silence, ”he said in an address to the Nation published overnight from Wednesday to Thursday.
On the Ukrainian border “almost 200,000 soldiers are positioned, thousands of combat vehicles,” he also said.
During the day, Ukraine began mobilizing around 40,000 of its reservists, voted a state of emergency and announced that it was the target of a new “massive” cyberattack targeting official websites.
The Russian president is ready for an invasion with “nearly 100%” of the necessary forces in position, according to a senior American official.