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For the past several months, Ukraine and its western partners have been watching Russia methodically build up a powerful force of over 100,000 soldiers on their shared border. Russia has been testing the “unity” of the West, Ukraine’s defense minister has claimed, calling alleged Russian troop movements near the country’s own border part of President Vladimir Putin’s “chess game”.

What will be Vladimir Putin's next move on the chessboard? The next move that will be so crucial for so many people both in Europe but also in the rest of the world. That topic was the background for this illustration.