Thursday February 24 will be recorded in the books of history as the day in which peace europa , After weeks at a knife edge, on the 24th Ukraine’s capital woke up amid bombings ordered by Vladimir Putin, determined to invade the neighboring country from Russia and its satellite, Belarus. Russian troops also entered from the east, particularly through the separatist regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, recognized three days earlier by the Kremlin as independent republics; and here it CrimeaTo the south, the peninsula that the Russian president had already occupied in 2014.
April 20 , Mariupol is about to fall
pro russian donbsin the east of UkraineAttack on metallurgical plant of azovastal from MariupolThe final focus of resistance in the Ukrainian city, which has been dying without water, electricity or gas since the start of the invasion.
“As far as I know, some attack groups specially selected for that mission have started their work and we are helped by the Federation of Federation. Russia With its aviation and artillery”, assured the spokesman of the militia of the People’s Republic of Donetsk, Eduard Basurin,
site to Mariupol This is going to be particularly difficult because of its duration and the means used. Thermal weapons have been used, attended by bloodthirsty Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and, according to the Ukrainian side, chemical weapons have also been issued against his troops via drones. Many experts agree that the fall of the city is already a matter of (slightly) time and thus Putin would be able to cede any control over the Sea of Azov from Ukraine.
Due to the escalation of the dispute which has been going on for almost two months, there has been almost a stir. Five lakh people have had to leave the country In search of shelter. more than half of them have done it Poland. In addition to refugees leaving Ukraine, there have been 7.1 million internal displacementMainly in the western part of the country where Russian troops have not been able to gain access.
Russian invasion of Ukraine, week by week
what Putin The plan, as a blitzkrieg, has turned into a war of war. While Ukrainian troops push Russia back north, Russian troops are preparing to launch a major offensive in the country’s east that would allow them to fully control the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. With the acquisition of Mariupol, the Kremlin is pursuing a geographic continuity between Crimea, which was incorporated in 2014, and the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.
***from the above. You can see maps and graphs about the invasion of Ukraine by clicking here.***
Fuentes
Army Advance: Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Critical Threats and Ilaboracin Propeia.
Refugees: AFP and ACNUR.
Infographic: Alberto Hernandez and Elsa Martin.
art direction: Mara Gonzalez Manteca and Josetxu Piero.
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