OREANDA-NEWS   The situation around the unrecognized Kosovo is developing according to a very dangerous scenario. This was stated by the Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botan-Kharchenko on the TV channel "Zvezda".

"The situation is really heating up, developing according to a very, very dangerous scenario. There can be any provocation," he commented on what is happening.

Earlier, Polina Sokolova, a researcher at the Department of European Political Studies of the IMEMO RAS, in an interview with Lenta.ru" stated that military clashes between Serbia and Kosovo may arise due to accidental provocations or the unintentional start of hostilities.

On the night of December 26, the special forces of the Kosovo police fired at the Serbs on the barricades. At the same time, the ambassadors of Great Britain, Germany, Italy, the USA and France demanded from Vucic to achieve the dismantling of the barricades. They threatened that otherwise they would turn a blind eye to Pristina's attempts to "deal with the situation on their own."

On December 17, the NATO contingent in Kosovo and Metohija increased its patrols and presence in the north of Kosovo due to the situation in the region.