Ukrainian authorities have said that the country needs to prepare for an imminent war between Russia and Ukraine, and have appealed to the international community to support the country militarily. An official from the Trilateral Contact Group told reporters: “We can ask for help, and we need to get ready for a serious and long-term confrontation with Russia“. “One should call it the way we see it. Why? Because we have prisoners of war referred to as illegally detained individuals, the fighting on the front lines is called the anti-terrorist operation, and the measures taken by the UN are called a humanitarian campaign.” “Therefore, we have a problem with the involvement of international security elements. It is only if we call a spade a spade when we can count on the honesty and openness of both European and international communities“. Pravdareport.com reports: “Geopolitically, security policy requires major changes on the European continent. Today, it withstands no criticism. If it wasn’t for the North Atlantic bloc that supports the coordination between European security structures, we would have nothing to talk about at all today,” Bessmertny said. In the official’s view, the Syrian crisis is closely connected with the Ukrainian one. “The steps [...]