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# Links

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* [Conflict in Ukraine](https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-ukraine) by the Council of Foreign Relations. The right bar (on desktop) shows some of the latest news about the subject

* [Ukraine crisis: Why now? What’s the history? What are Putin’s motivations?](https://www.euronews.com/2022/02/04/russia-ukraine-border-crisis-explained-why-now-what-s-the-history-what-are-putin-s-motivat) by Euronews. Last update was on February 4th 2022.

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  2. Some Insurance Company said they don’t cover now any risks in Ukraine air space, that’s why one plane was planted in Kishinev, Moldova.

    Ukraine parliament met and decided to cover insurance for planes from Ukraine budget.

    No for panic, yes for preparation.

  3. This conflict is the best illustration of Zeno’s paradoxe *Achilles and the tortoise* : each day we are “closer to war than ever” without actually touching it.

  4. Ukraine allocates 16 billion hryvnias to maintain air connections with the world

    [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-launches-guarantee-fund-flights-through-its-airspace-2022-02-13/](https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/news-60370563?xtor=AL-73-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bmeta.ua%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bukrainian%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_custom3=BBC+UA&at_custom4=7ABDE8FC-8D02-11EC-BCCA-1C8D4744363C&at_campaign=64&at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D)

  5. > Nolan Peterson: [A Ukrainian soldier on the Donbas front lines near Luhansk, with whom I’m in touch, reports that his unit’s leaves have been cancelled & soldiers on leave have been recalled. His unit is under strict orders to obey the ceasefire and not shoot back “under any circumstances.”](https://twitter.com/nolanwpeterson/status/1492912340072808448)

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    > “I think we are now in the final stages before the attack,” he said.

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    > Overall, and based on other reports I’m receiving from Ukrainian troops, the Ukrainian armed forces are quietly preparing their defenses while also being incredibly cautious about not giving Russia a false flag pretense for escalation.

  7. Everyone seems so sure the invasion is not going to happen atleast until the Scholz-Putin meeting on tuesday is over, but I feel like it would be the ultimate test by Putin if he orders to have Scholz’s plane shot down (potentially by totally not russian soliders pretending to be ukrainian).

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