the day the Russian army went on the offensive

The offensive was launched simultaneously throughout Ukraine on Thursday morning, February 24. Throughout the country, Ukrainians were able to film the bombardments launched by the Russian army, which claims to be targeting a “demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine“.

The assault was launched from Russian territory by troops stationed for several weeks around Ukraine. But tanks and soldiers have also been spotted entering from Belarus, an ally of Vladimir Putin, and from Crimea which Russia annexed in 2014.

The Russian army claims to only target military targets such as airports, which have been the target of missiles until Ivano-Frankivsk, 200 kilometers from the Polish border. MBut apartment buildings have also been hit, and a dozen civilians have already been killed, according to Kiev.

Despite calls from the authorities to “don’t panic”many Ukrainians flee at the sound of emergency sirens, without knowing where to go. “Where should I run? Where should I hide? Tell me!”exclaims a resident of Mariupol, one of the many bombed Ukrainian cities.