Has the Great War started? Ukraine bombed Russia's border post

- February 21, 2022

Has the Great War between Russia and Ukraine started? Russia claimed on Monday that its border post was blown up in the bombing of Ukraine. At the same time, Ukraine has also claimed several times that Russian-backed separatists have fired on its people. However, for the first time, Russia has said that it has destroyed a border post used by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in the bombing of Ukraine.

It should be noted that Western countries fear that the gathering of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border in recent weeks is a sign of an invasion. These countries say that if this happens they will impose "massive" sanctions against Moscow. Although Russia denies any plans to attack, it wants comprehensive security guarantees.

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"On February 21, at 9:50 a.m. (0650 GMT), an unidentified projectile fired from Ukraine struck Rostov, approximately 150 meters from the Russian-Ukrainian border, according to Russian news agencies," the Security Service said in a statement. Completely destroyed the border post used by the FSB border guard service in the area."

Western countries claim 1.6 lakh Russian soldiers ready to attack Ukraine

Tensions between Moscow and the West have been rising for weeks over fears of a Russian attack on Ukraine and a large-scale gathering of Russian forces around Ukraine's borders. Western intelligence agencies claim that some 1.6 million Russian soldiers are ready to attack Ukraine.

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Ukraine has sought sanctions against Russia by the European Union to show it is serious about preventing war. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Russia was planning "the biggest war in Europe since 1945".

Biden-Putin summit on Ukraine crisis

On Sunday, French President Macron and Putin had a two-hour telephone conversation. The two leaders then agreed to expedite the search for a solution to the Ukraine standoff. After this development, France says that President Macron's proposal for a summit on the Ukraine crisis has been accepted by the US and Russian presidents. US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to a proposal by French President Emmanuel Macron at the US-Russia summit on Ukraine, a statement issued by the French Rashtrapati Bhavan and the White House said.

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But in a setback to the initiative, Russia on Monday said it was too early to discuss holding a summit between Russian and US presidents. "It is too early to talk about any specific plans for holding any kind of summit," Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

"It is understandable that talks should be continued at the level of foreign ministers," Peskov said. He said there are "no concrete plans" for the presidential summit.

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