Océane Théard, edited by Gauthier Delomez with AFP 7:18 p.m., February 13, 2022

Tension on the Russian-Ukrainian border continues, and the United States expects a Russian invasion "at any moment".

On the spot, life is getting organized as best it can, as a French expatriate in Kiev tells us that Europe 1 was able to contact.

Chloe thinks of "calming down" in case the situation escalates.

How is life organized in Ukraine, while the Western world warns of the risk of invasion of the country by its Russian neighbor?

Europe 1 contacted Chloé, a Frenchwoman who has lived in Kiev for three years, and who is wondering about the follow-up to this conflict.

"In the last 48 hours, (the authorities) have fancied all the situations a bit, asking me if I should just go to Moldova, cross the border and wait a while for things to calm down, or go back to France", she explains at the microphone of Europe 1.

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The Frenchwoman remains calm despite the situation.

"I have a friend in Berlin, so I thought I would take a plane and calm down a bit," she says.

The expatriate affirms that the "most alarmist" information she has had comes from the American media, "which said that they (the Russians) were going to attack on Wednesday. It really creates an uncomfortable climate", testifies Chloé on Europe 1.

However, "everyday life is roughly equivalent to every day of life," she says, "everyone is out drinking their coffee, like any Sunday."

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The expat shares her hesitation about planning her possible departure from Ukrainian territory.

"I told myself that I was leaving in two weeks, but if it gets worse and we go into an armed conflict, obviously I'm going to stay out. I don't know, I just kind of told myself that we're going get away from that for a while, and see if it calms down."

At the end of the afternoon, Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenski agreed to continue "diplomacy" and deterrence" against Moscow, while Washington still fears a Russian invasion "at any time". On the eve of his trip to Kiev, then in Moscow, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also warned that Western sanctions against Russia would take effect "immediately" if Moscow invaded Ukraine.