US message in Kyiv concludes before the escalating Ukraine conflict

US message in Kyiv concludes before the escalating Ukraine conflict

kyjiw, Ukraine-in a specific and top-class warning, the US message in Kyjiw, which has been open to the Russian invasion of the Russian invasion in 2022 since the relocation, has announced a one-day closure on Wednesday. The reason for this are " Specific information about a potentially significant airtail ". The city of Kyjiw suffers from air raids almost every night, but the step of the USA indicates a fear of becoming the goal of an attack.

reactions of the international community

The Greek, Italian and Spanish embassy followed this example, which caused the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry to ask its allies to act prudently on the 1001st day of the war, as on the previous thousand days, and not to have their fears taken over. Ukrainian defense officers even mowed a false report that was spread far on Telegram and propagated a massive Russian air raid, as clumsy Russian disinformation work.

Psychological warfare of the Russians

A high -ranking advisor of President Wolodymyr Selenskyj, Mychajlo Podoljak, told CNN that the obvious fear of war on Russia was due to use "elements of psychological influence". "[Moscow] has an instrument that is afraid. It has always been a classic element of Russian politics. It is about blackmail and an attempt to panic. I would like our partners to deal with information from Russia more carefully," he said.

daily life in kyjiw

The residents of Kyjiw's difficulties to reconcile the specific nature of the US warnings with the everyday threat to which they are exposed to every day. On Wednesday morning alone there was a 45-minute air alarm, followed by another that lasted two and a half hours. On the central Maidan-Platz, where a sea of ​​flags reminds of fallen soldiers, Anya planted a flag in honor of her father. She is used to air strikes from her homeland Krivyh Rih, but Wednesday was different.

"To be honest, we went into the basement with every air alarm today," she said. "It was really scary." Every flag on the square tells of the traumas and the tumult of the war. Her father died at the end of October after five months in a coma due to injuries to the front. "I want very peace, but I want everything to be as it used to be - without Russia. I just want it to end."

geopolitical risks and the reaction of the USA

threats and peace talks are deeply personal in Ukraine, while the geopolitical risks also increase. The US message felt forced to clarify that its closure was not related to the nuanced changes in the Russian nuclearoctrine, which was loudly detailed by the Kremlin on Tuesday. It insisted that the closure results from the fear of a drone or rocket attack.

Both statements, however, illustrate how far this war escalates: a US diplomatic mission that fears a direct threat from Russia, but then specified that this is at least not nuclear. It would be a more serious and perhaps the Kremlin step to attack American government assets directly in Ukraine. This would result in a severe American reaction that could trigger a major war between NATO and Russia.

The propaganda of the Kremlin

It is important to note that a large part of the inner narrative of Russia claims that Moscow is already against the USA and NATO in a major war. This is an inaccurate representation of the proxikreg, in which NATO arms Ukraine for defense. But it is a story that the Kremlin tells the Russians to apologize for a thousand days - to wage a war that should only take a few weeks.

Although Russia is the aggressor, it is strategically difficult to recognize how Moscow can continue to counter during the open western escalation against its territory. They slowly find that all the red lines that the Kremlin apparently draws disappear in the heat.

a tense future

kyjiw will probably remain tense. Moscow could harm a civilian goal where Westerners are known to be gathered - a large hotel or a district in the capital. Putin will not see his slow success on the front and the upcoming change in the White House as a turning point against himself. Rather, he could see the next two months as a test of his patience and determination, with clear rewards.