Amid reports of Russia attacking Ukraine on February 16, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that February 16 will be celebrated as Unity Day. Flags will be hoisted on this day and everyone will sing the national anthem.
Kiev: Tension is increasing continuously amid reports of Russia attacking Ukraine. Russia has deployed about 100,000 troops along the Ukrainian border in the past few months. According to the Facebook post of the President of Ukraine, Russia can attack on 16 February. In such a situation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Unity Day will be celebrated on 16 February. Flags will be hoisted on this day and everyone will sing the national anthem.
However, Ukraine has suffered the most due to this standoff, it has already suffered a lot of economic loss. Ukraine International Airlines, the country's largest airline, said its insurers had ended coverage for some of its planes.
Trying to intimidate ukraine
However, Ukrainian government officials said Zelensky was not predicting the attack but was reacting to foreign media reports. At the same time, Zelensky said that on that day we will unfurl our national flag. We will wear yellow and blue banners and show our unity to the whole world.
Russia is threatening to attack
Zelensky has said that Russia is threatening to attack his country. This is an attempt to intimidate Ukraine and spread panic. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelensky's chief of staff, told Reuters the president was responding to media reports of a possible date of the attack.
Zelensky's office issued a message
At the same time, Zelensky's office has issued a message to the people of all villages and towns of Ukraine to hoist the country's flag. It has been said that the whole country will sing the national anthem at 10 am. Along with this, the salary of soldiers and security forces deployed on the border will also be increased.
America said it is not predicting the attack
US officials said they were not predicting the attack ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin on a specific day, but have repeatedly warned it could happen any day. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters that I would not go on a specific date, I don't think it would be wise. All I will say to you is that it is entirely possible that he could move on without warning. Earlier, Kirby said Moscow was still enhancing its military capabilities along the Ukrainian border.
Washington calls diplomats home
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington, which has already pulled most of its diplomats back home, is moving the rest of its diplomatic mission in Ukraine from Kiev to the western city of Lviv, which is far from the Russian border. Blinken said Washington is offering Ukraine $1 billion in loans.
America issued advisory regarding citizens
At the same time, the US State Department has issued an advisory regarding the Ukraine crisis, asking US citizens to leave Belarus, which is on the border of both Russia and Ukraine. At the same time, Russia has more than 100,000 soldiers near the border with Ukraine, about which Russian leaders have denied Western allegations that it is planning to attack.
Americans asked to leave Belarus
Russia has said it will continue to talk to the West to try to ease the security crisis. At the same time, the G-7, a group of 7 major economies, has said that if Russia invades, economic and financial sanctions can be imposed on it, which will have a huge impact on the Russian economy. After speaking with the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he still believed from his own analysis and hopes that there will be no conflict, a UN spokesman said.
Economic loss to Ukraine
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