Marion Gauthier, edited by Ugo Pascolo 7:29 p.m., February 19, 2022

Despite the recommendation made by France to its nationals to leave Ukraine, some refuse.

This is particularly the case of Grégory who has lived for 6 years in Nypro in the Donetsk region.

At the microphone of Europe 1, he explains why he does not intend to pack his suitcase.

He refuses to leave.

Despite the recommendation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to leave Ukraine, while tensions do not seem to end up mounting, Grégory does not want to leave.

This Frenchman has lived for six years in Nypro in the Donetsk region, and for him there is no question of packing his suitcase.

“We would just like to live quietly”

"If we don't turn on the radio, there is nothing at all. Nobody is worried, nobody talks about it. We would just like to live quietly," he says at the microphone of Europe 1. “It is true that we have the impression of being a little under the threat of a bogeyman. But we are used to it, that is perhaps why we are less worried. "

Reasons enough for him to stay put.

"There is no question of me leaving, my family is here, I work here, I live and I love Ukraine. So leaving when things are not going well would be heartbreaking and it would be lamentable."

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A choice that Grégory fully assumes, despite the increase in tensions.

Last provocation to date, the explosion Saturday afternoon of several shells on the front line near the Ukrainian Minister of the Interior.

If the incident caused no casualties, should escalation be considered inevitable?

For the moment, in any case, each side accuses the other of wanting to create a pretext for a major attack.

"Russian power is trying to accumulate marbles that it could use in the future", confirms at the microphone of Europe 1 Anna Colin Lebedev, lecturer at the University of Paris Nanterre and specialist in post-Soviet societies.

"But the situation can remain in this state for several weeks, even several months. Today, we have a node of tension, tension, panic of the population which is being created. The conflagration cannot be ruled out, but it is not inevitable either.