War in Ukraine | The progression of the conflict in cards

As the Russian offensive enters its fourth week, a town near Kharkiv in the east of the country was hit hard by artillery fire on Thursday. In the aftermath of an attack that destroyed a theater in Mariupol, in the south of the country, the Ukrainian authorities are struggling to determine the fate of the civilians who had taken refuge there.

Florence Morin Martel
The Press

Bombings and fighting

27

Number of deaths caused by an artillery strike on Thursday in Merefa, a village near Kharkiv, in the east of the country. A cultural center and a school were destroyed in the attack, injuring 25, the regional prosecutor’s office said.

3810

Number of civilians evacuated from combat zones through humanitarian corridors on Thursday. That same day, eight of the nine corridors to be used for the evacuation of residents were open, according to Iryna Vereshchuk, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine.

Close-up on the south of the country

In recent days, Russian forces have intensified their attacks in several towns across the country, including Mykolaiv in the southwest.

In Mariupol, a strategic port on the Sea of ​​Azov, the town hall still does not know the results of the bombardment which destroyed a theater on Wednesday where hundreds of people had taken refuge. For his part, the Ukrainian emissary for human rights, Lioudmyla Denissova, affirmed that the shelter located in the building had resisted the bombardment.

30,000

Number of people evacuated from Mariupol through humanitarian corridors in one week. About 350,000 inhabitants live in the encircled city. Since the beginning of the war, the local authorities estimate that the attacks there have left more than 2,000 dead. According to the town hall, about 80% of the homes were destroyed.

Source: Agence France-Presse