Top Channel in Ukraine, journalist Muhamed Veliu: Citizens woke up every morning from gunfire

The Top Channel journalist who was in Ukraine and had the opportunity to touch closely on the whole difficult situation in which Ukraine was, invited to the Open said that in eastern Ukraine there was an 8-year war and that citizens woke up every morning from gunfire. .

Veliu stressed that there is a great contrast between Kiev and the east of Ukraine, but also the capital, the tension is increasing day by day. military, Russian and Ukrainian sides.

According to the latest information, reports the journalist Veliu, the Ukrainians have started buying radios, because the military attack may be preceded by a large-scale and fierce cyber attack.

“There is a great contrast with what is happening in Kiev and in the east of Ukraine. In Kiev it is a normal life, people were in long queues to see the opera ‘Romeo and Juliet’, while in the east the war is felt, there he sees soldiers on the street. There is an army presence there after Russia invaded Crimea. There are empty houses, the building with 30-40 apartments and you can only see two lights on. We were in a village very close to the battle line, with 300 families, but there were already only 10. There you could not see a human foot and the only sign of life was a dog that lightly occasionally. To the north of Donetsk on one side were Ukrainian army forces training and on the other side 200 meters away were the Russians.

It was spoken from time to time especially at night. There has been a war in eastern Ukraine for 8 years, every day, people wake up every morning from gunfire, and in Kiev the tension is growing. Zelensky has tried to reassure citizens that the economy is not affected, but the smell of war has begun to be felt. There is a group called the Territorial Defense Force of Ukraine which thousands of citizens have joined and are trained how to throw grenades, give first aid. They have started buying radios because according to the information the military attack will be preceded by a large-scale cyber attack“, Said Veliu.

Ukraine and Russia are in an unusual situation, while in recent weeks the situation has become tense. More than 100,000 Russian troops are stationed on the Ukrainian border divided into three fronts, and only one order from Putin could lead to war.

During the latest developments, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested to President Vladimir Putin that Moscow continue the diplomatic path in its efforts to obtain guarantees from the West.

Lavrov told Putin that the United States had put forward concrete proposals for reducing military risks, but said responses from the European Union and the NATO military alliance were unsatisfactory.

Lavrov said he had received “unsatisfactory” responses to a letter he sent to dozens of members of the European Union and NATO on the issue of “indivisible security”, a reference to Russia’s complaint that Ukraine and Western countries are strengthening security. at the expense of Russia and that this is contrary to international agreements.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky issued a statement expressing fears of the possibility of an invasion of Ukraine on 16 February.

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