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August 24, a national holiday in Ukraine, will also mark six months of conflict in the country. The president, Volodymyr Zelensky, says he fears reprisals on this occasion.
Will Ukraine suffer major attacks on August 24, the country’s national holiday? ” [Volodymyr Zelensky] dreads something particularly disgusting and cruel, these are the words he used when addressing these fellow citizens, and it is a matter of date. Vladimir Putin likes to attack on symbolic dates, Ukrainians are used to this method”explains, Monday, August 22, Maryse Burgot, special correspondent in Kharkiv (Ukraine).
If August 24 is the anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, “It will also be exactly six months to the day since the Russians launched their attack on Ukraine”, recalls the journalist. President Volodymyr Zelensky said “fear the worst”. “As a precaution, this region of Kharkiv has been placed under total curfew, and [dans] the capital, in kyiv, all gatherings will be prohibited”reports Maryse Burgot.