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At 22th day of war in Ukraine, Friday, March 18, the Russian army wants to take the city of Mariupol, already besieged for two weeks.
Mariupol (Ukraine) is a strategic port, besieged for two weeks by the Russian army. Friday, March 18, the men of the Kremlin continue their offensive. Propaganda videos of Chechen fighters show them firing gunfire into the streets. Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense indicated that the soldiers “tighten their noose and fight the nationalists in the city center [de Marioupol]“.
Air maneuvers continue, but on the front line, the Russian army is making little progress. “After 20 days of war, a city was simply taken (…) visibly the Russian troops are arrested, they have problems“, notes General Vincent Desportes, professor of strategy at Sciences Po and HEC. In the West, Lviv (Ukraine) was hit for the first time on Friday March 18.