According to Reuters columnist Peter Epps, Russia could attack Ukraine in late August.
Epps writes that Russia pulls its troops to the Ukrainian border
in connection with the recent events in Crimea, so
way trying to provoke Kiev
The journalist even called the exact date – August 24. On this day, Ukraine celebrates the anniversary of its independence.
Epps believes that Russia intends to use the Olympics in Rio as a maneuver to divert attention of the international community and political leaders and to catch the whole world by surprise. Thus, Moscow is supposedly going to show Kiev and the West that it can act on its borders with impunity.
The columnist also draws a parallel with the war in North Ossetia in 2008. Epps argues that in the near future Russia intends to escalate the situation in Ukraine to the same extent as in Georgia, and then to attack a neighbor. However, it is worth Recalling that the international Commission of the European Union have long recognized that the conflict was provoked by Georgia.
Epps writes that Russia pulls its troops to the Ukrainian border in response to recent events in the Crimea, thus trying to provoke Kiev.
“Fabricated facts about the situation on the Peninsula perfectly fit into the Russian tradition of using propaganda as a key instrument of doing politics,” – says the journalist.
However, Ukraine, says the columnist, do not expect support from NATO, since the Alliance will not get involved in an armed confrontation with Russia.
Juliana Ledeneva
