War in Ukraine | The progression of the conflict in cards

The bombardments continue, but the Ukrainian troops resist the attacks. A month after the start of the Russian invasion, the Allied countries continue to provide aid to Ukraine.

Alice Girard-Bosse
The Press

Bombings and fighting

On Wednesday, four people were injured in bombings of buildings in Kyiv. A strike in the parking lot of a shopping center also left one dead and two injured, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko. The capital remains an objective of the Russian army, but the Ukrainian counter-offensives have forced it to retreat in recent days on several fronts, said the mayor.

4

Number of new battlegroups that NATO will deploy in Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia to strengthen its defenses against Russia, announced its secretary general.

7000

Number of anti-tank weapons that will be sent by Sweden (5,000) and Germany (2,000) to support Ukraine against the Russian invasion, their respective governments announced on Wednesday.

Humanitarian Corridors

100,000

Number of people still in Mariupol, surviving “in inhuman conditions”, according to the Ukrainian president on Tuesday. “We are trying to organize stable humanitarian corridors for the people of Mariupol, but almost all of our attempts, unfortunately, are foiled by the Russian occupiers, by bombardment or deliberate terror,” he said.

3.6 million

Number of people who have fled Ukraine since February 24, according to the UN count released on Wednesday. A total of ten million people, around a quarter of the country’s population, have been forced from their homes.

With Agence France-Presse, The New York Times and the Institute for the Study of War