Russia - Ukraine update

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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