Threat of Russian invasion: what's really going on in eastern Ukraine?

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Ukraine: how the population is preparing for a possible Russian attack.

AP - Andriy Andriyenko

By: Clémentine Pawlotsky

1 min

The threat of a Russian invasion continues to hang over Ukraine.

Kiev and its Western allies have accused Russia for several weeks of having massed military troops on the border between the two countries, in anticipation of an attack on Ukrainian territory.

A scenario which is reminiscent of the annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014 by Moscow.

This renewed tension therefore worries Westerners, in particular the United States and the European Union.

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Experts are divided: many believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin is bluffing, but few completely dismiss the possibility of an attack.

How is this threat experienced in Ukraine?

How is the country preparing for this possible Russian invasion?

And what is really the situation on the border between the two countries?

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