in the heart of Orikhiv, a bombed-out village

Seven kilometers from the front line, military reinforcements continue to arrive. And in the other direction, the ambulance broom. Orikhiv (Ukraine) is at the forefront of the ongoing offensive. It is from here that the Ukrainian units leave to try to break through the Russian lines of the southern front. In this regularly bombarded city, the few inhabitants who remain note the intensification of the fighting. They would be no more than 300 in this city, which had 14,000 inhabitants before the war.

Russian bombardment intensifies

No respite in recent hours. Two civilians died in these Russian strikes. At the beginning of the week, the bombings tore apart the last buildings where this trader works. “I am no longer afraid! I have confidence in our soldiers who advance to regain our lands“, she explains. President Volodymyr Zelensky recognizes for the first time actions of counter-offensives. No precision on the other hand if it is about the big attack announced for a few weeks.