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Wednesday, August 24 marks six months of war in Ukraine. How was this period experienced by the Russian population? Responses from Benjamin Delombre, special envoy to Moscow (Russia).
After six months of war in Ukraine, Wednesday August 24, how does the Russian population see the situation? In the country, some voices have been raised against the war. “He was one of the last prominent opponents still at liberty in Russia. This Wednesday, August 24, Yevgueni Roizman, former mayor of Yekaterinburg, was arrested by the Russian police”reports Benjamin Delombre, special envoy to Moscow (Russia). “Motive: he would have discredited the army and for that he risks up to 10 years in prison.”
On the military ground, Moscow ensures that everything is going as planned. “Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu even indicated that if the offensive was slowing down it was to spare civilian victims. Nevertheless, for several weeks, Donetsk, the capital of pro-Russian Donbass, has been regularly bombed. Crimea, a territory attached to Russia since 2014, is the scene of explosions and drone strikes”specifies Benjamin Delombre.