“We are experiencing a very, very serious threat to peace in Europe,” Scholz wrote on Twitter as he arrived in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. “From Moscow, we urgently expect signals of de-escalation.”
With the world already on high alert, U.K. Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said a Russian attack could “effectively now happen with no notice.” That follows a warning from U.S. officials that an invasion could come this week — leading to a flurry of diplomacy but also deterrence measures.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Ukraine on Monday and plans to continue on to Moscow, where he will try to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to stand down. Moscow denies it has any plans to invade but has massed well over 130,000 troops near Ukraine and, in the U.S. view, has built up enough firepower to launch an attack on short notice.
“We are experiencing a very, very serious threat to peace in Europe,” Scholz wrote on Twitter as he arrived in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. “From Moscow, we urgently expect signals of de-escalation.”
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