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On the third day of the Russian invasion, Saturday February 26, the Russian forces continued their advance north but also in the south, east of Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian authorities, 198 civilians were killed in less than three days.
On a fast track, a few kilometers from Kiev (Ukraine)still smoking carcasses of gutted vehicles, Saturday, February 26. For tens of meters, the ground is strewn with debris and ashes. According to the Ukrainian soldiers who inspect the scene, these are the remains of a Russian convoy destroyed in the fighting from the night of Friday February 25 to Saturday February 26. In recent hours, in addition to Kiev and its region, clashes have taken place in several cities of the country, in particular in the South in Melitopol, Kherson and Mariupol. On the front Eastpro-Moscow separatist soldiers advance west. It is Russian state television that shoots the images and also films Ukrainian prisoners who we see taken care of, cared for and even fed by their separatist jailers.
The invasion of Ukraine is also a war of images and propaganda but It is difficult to to know the exact military situation. Saturday morning, the power of Kiev wanted to be confident. “The Russian armed forces did not take any tactical advantage“, said Mykhailo Podolyakfrom the Ukrainian presidential office. Among the innumerable uncertainties of this war figure also the number of victims. Kiev said nearly 200 civilians had been killed since Thursday, no figures were released by Moscow.