Researchers say that conflict will hinder progress made since Ukraine’s revolution in 2014.
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In the past few weeks, Russia’s massive military build-up at its border with Ukraine and inside Belarus has marked a rapid intensification of tensions that have been rumbling on since 2013. A wave of protests and civil unrest ousted Ukraine’s Russian-leaning leader in early 2014 and the country elected a pro-European government. That year, Russia invaded Ukraine and seized the Crimean peninsula.
“There is a very certain threat of war. I feel like I could die tomorrow, or in two days, but I can’t do anything about that,” says Yegorchenko. Although she feels that it is useless to prepare, she is keeping electronic devices such as phones and power banks charged, and is in constant contact with her family. “All scientists do that,” she adds.
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