It is hard to say that the situation has changed significantly in recent days. In fact, the tension around a potential conflict is fueled by small events. Of course, it is worth remembering that at the beginning of the week the markets were hoping for a de-escalation, however according to reports from the US, an attack should be expected in the coming days
- According to the United States, Russia is capable of hitting Ukraine at any time
- Russian Separatist in Donetsk in East Ukraine say they plan to evacuate around 700K people to Russia due to potential invasion of Ukrainian forces
- The dollar has moved higher after news of the large explosion in Dontsk which turned out to be a car bomb. Car belonged to Donbass security chief, experts wonder whether this was an assasination attempt or false flag operation
- Ukraine points out that it does not interfere with the situation in the separatist republics
- Russia had previously indicated that Ukraine was going to take advantage of the chaos and recapture the lands occupied by the rebels
- A summit meeting between the representatives of the US and Russia is to be held next week, which may indicate that, at least until then, military actions are unlikely
- According to Ukraine, Russia did not agree to the participation of three parties in the meeting
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