the Battle of Donbass has begun

Russia, which had promised to concentrate its forces in eastern Ukraine, launched hostilities on the evening of Monday April 18 with dozens of strikes. She calls on the Ukrainian resistance fighters to lay down their arms if they want to save their lives. It has now been several hours since the Russian offensive across eastern Ukraine began, President Zelensky confirmed.

The front line focuses on the Donbass. The Russian army evokes a dozen missiles fired in the night and a hundred targets targeted by artillery. “The battle that started last night is a gigantic battle. […] Mr. Putin would rather raze this part of Ukraine than not take it.”, says General Vincent Desportes, former director of the School of War. Faced with the fear of bombardments, villages began to evacuate.