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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shaun Walker in Kharkiv

‘There is a clear plan of action’: east Ukraine readies for invasion

A person attends a rally to protest in Mariupol after Moscow's decision to formally recognise two Russian-backed regions of eastern Ukraine as independent.
A person attends a rally to protest in Mariupol after Moscow's decision to formally recognise two Russian-backed regions of eastern Ukraine as independent. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters

If the Russian tanks massed just a few dozen miles away begin moving right up to the Ukrainian border, Oleh Synehubov will receive a phone call, and immediately begin to implement a crisis plan.

“There is a clear plan of action,” said Synehubov, the governor of Kharkiv region, in an interview on Monday at Kharkiv’s imposing, Stalin-era administration building.

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