Kramatorsk is preparing for the offensive of the Russian army

In Ukraine, the fighting is focused on the Donbass, and the city of Kramatorsk is more threatened than ever. The inhabitants are preparing for the Russian offensive. “Half of the civilians have evacuated and now we only come across old people in the villages. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces are reinforcing their positions and digging new trenches. They undermine the bridges“, describes the journalist Maryse Burgot, special correspondent in Kramatorsk for the 8 Hours of France 2, Friday April 15.

The journalist also specifies that the Ukrainian soldiers “also remove some traffic signs in towns so that the Russians will be lost if they ever advance here“.”What is certain is that this offensive is a challenge for the Ukrainian forces, firstly because here the landscape is very flat, sparsely wooded with small towns, so it is more complicated than in kyiv“, continues Maryse Burgot, who also underlines “the undeniable military superiority of the Russians, who have many more tanks, artillery and aviation”.