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23 Res. & Sci. Today 9 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/rescito23 and id is 1 raw text is: SPRLNG 2022 No. 1(23)/2t 22 WWW. RSTJOURNAL.COM LSS -P: 227-4455 / ISSN-E: 2285-9632 WAR IN UKRAINE. A NEW IRON CURTAIN? Flavius-Cristian MARCAUT February 24, 2022 will go down in history as the black day when the Russian Federation launched an invasion of Ukraine. The imminence of war had been announced weeks earlier by US intelligence services. The dissension between the Russian Federation and Ukraine has taken on a particular magnitude with the annexation of Crimea in 20142, a dark moment for diplomacy and international law. Invasion of Ukraine remains unjustified, horrible and condemnable. Diplomacy has lost its power these days. It remains to be hoped that an international resuscitation will send diplomatic channels back to work and the war will end. Until then we will look with horror at the thousands of deaths, injuries and infrastructure destruction that the war will continue to produce. What exactly will happen next is difficult to predict due to the multitude of possible and probable scenarios. The Russian Federation has become a pariah state. The international community reacted as never before and, in unison, condemned the hostile actions and imposed severe economic sanctions on the invading state. So far, more than two million people are believed to have fled Ukraine to European countries. Millions more are likely to leave in the coming weeks unless a ceasefire is reached3. Ukraine's small towns have disappeared from the map of the state, having been flattened by invaders' bombs4. Others will disappear and thousands of lives will have been lost because of misguided ambitions. This terrible war has united the countries of the world as no one could have, but the people will be divided. Energy prices in European countries dependent on Russian gas will increase significantly and the final beneficiary, the common man, will feel additional economic pressures. And in a game of dominoes, many products and services will become more expensive. When the economic pressures on ordinary people become unbearable, what 1 Editor in Chief, Research and Science Today Journal, Scientific Researcher III, ,,Constantin Brancusi University of Tirgu Jiu, flavius@rstjournal.com 2 Flavius Cristian Marcau, Security as a determining factor of quality of life in a state from an insecure regional area in Analele Universitatii ,Constantin Brdncusi din Tdrgu - Jiu, Seria Litere si Stiinte Sociale, no. 4/2015, pp.77-85 3 How many refugees have fled Ukraine and where are they going?, https://www.bbc.com/news/world- 60555472, accessed at 13.03.2022 a Mariupol bombing: before and after satellite images show destruction in Ukraine city, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/10/mariupol-bombing-ukraine-before-and-after-satellite-images- map-russian-attack-residential-maternity-childrens-hospital, accessed at 13.03.2022

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