War in Ukraine: in the heart of Balaklia, a city liberated by the Ukrainian army

“Normally, impossible to access it. To get to Balaklia (Ukraine) we had to take parallel paths, muddy paths on which we came across a lot of gutted tanks, but also ammunition left behind by the Russians.”describes the special envoy Anaïs Hanquetlive from Kharkiv (Ukraine)Monday, September 12.

“We were able to meet residents who were returning home for the first time and the feeling we had was that they were a little lost, even scared. Some of them refused to have their faces filmed for fear of a return of Vladimir Putin’s army”reveals the journalist. The France Télévisions team also noticed that there were very few soldiers, most of the Ukrainian soldiers having returned to the road, as the counter-offensive continues in the east of the country.