The war between Ukraine and Russia went beyond the strictly warlike terrain this Wednesday to move on to psychological. A war of nerves which indirectly affected several Western countries. While Spain, Italy, Greece, Canada and the United States closed their embassies in kyiv before what seemed like an imminent air raid high intensity by Russia that ultimately did not occur, Ukraine used British and French long-range missiles —Scalp and Storm Shadow— to attack Russian territory, specifically the Kursk region.
This new attack shows that Ukraine no longer fears threats from Moscow: It comes a day after kyiv bombed Russian territory, although this time with American missiles after the approval of Joe Biden. Furthermore, this second Ukrainian long-range missile attack It also comes the day after Vladimir Putin approved a new doctrine that allows Russia to provide a nuclear response to an attack with conventional weapons. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it would consider any attack on its territory with long-range Western missiles as an entry into the NATO conflict. But Ukraine seems to have lost its fear of crossing red lines that the Kremlin wants to impose on him.
What’s more, The Ukrainian Intelligence services on Wednesday minimized the possibility of a massive bombing by Russia. The Ukrainian Government denounced that Moscow spreads “false” information on Telegram about the supposed imminence of a “massive” air attack on several Ukrainian cities, including kyiv.
“The enemy, unable to subdue Ukrainians by force, resorts to measures of intimidation and psychological pressure on society,” they pointed out from kyiv. The Zelensky Government reminded the population of the need to exercise extreme caution and take shelter from possible threats, but also called “not to panic.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine explained in a statement that it maintains a “constant contact” than other countries about “possible threats”but suggested that there would be no reasons to justify the closure of several foreign embassies for what has been “an everyday reality” for almost three years. “On this 1,001st day of a large-scale invasion, the threat of Russian bombing is just as relevant as in the previous thousand days,” the note said.
In line with this message, The United States announced that it plans to reopen its embassy in Ukraine on Thursday and return to operating normally. “We hope to have the embassy operating normally again tomorrow,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed in a press conference.
The spokesperson for The United States indicated that so far the attack has not occurred that they had predicted on the Ukrainian capital, but noted that the European country “has been subject to significant bombing in recent days and that threat always exists.”
Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskovthis Wednesday avoided assessing the closures of embassies — “it is not our responsibility,” he stated — and left any information related to what Moscow continues to describe as a “special military operation” in the hands of the Ministry of Defense.
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