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It has been almost a month to the day, on March 23, that Vladimir Putin launched the invasion in Ukraine. He promised a lightning invasion, but it was without counting on the resistance of the Ukrainians. The Russian forces are no longer advancing and sometimes even retreating.
Mariupol is a devastated city. After four weeks of war, Wednesday March 23, the city is disfigured, the buildings gutted. An administrative building, symbol of the city of Kharkiv (Ukraine), is unrecognizable today. The Kremlin had planned a lightning invasion, but after four weeks of conflict, Russian troops are struggling to make progress. AT Mykolaiv (Ukraine)Ukrainian soldiers claim to have dynamited a bridge at theentrance to the city to slow down Russian tanks.
Since February 24, the Russian army has advanced mainly in the south of the country. Alone Kherson (Ukraine) East fallen in the hands of the Russians. The German Chancellor speaks of getting bogged down in the face of the situation. Russian troops have changed their strategies and now use more artillery fire. Sometimes they are repelled by the Ukrainians. “The Ukrainians are very well informed by the Westerners (…) which allows them to react, to know where the enemy is and to strike correctly”explains General Christophe gomartformer Director of Military Intelligence. The Russian military says the offensive is continuing as planned.
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