Last Friday, February 18, at 5 in the morning in Ukraine, air strikes began on Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war between Russia and Ukraine on February 23. Ten days after the bombing began, the world has turned its eyes on the situation of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees.(Due to the public interest that the events between Russia and Ukraine arouse, all our coverage of that invasion and related actions will have free access for all readers of EL TIEMPO)
Given the negotiations between the Russian government and the Ukrainian government in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, an ally of the Russian Federation, which began on February 28, the future of the war remains uncertain.
Checkpoint at the entrance to the Ukrainian city Lviv. A town near the border between Ukraine and Poland. The neighboring country has received the largest number of refugees from Ukraine.
There are about 500,000 Ukrainian refugees who have left their country of origin to neighboring countries such as Romania, Poland and Hungary. In this photo you can see people from Ukraine crossing on foot into Poland under the winter snow.
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This conflict has been characterized by volunteer citizens in war work. In this picture you see a woman who, like hundreds of others, is helping to weave camouflage nets for the Ukrainians in Lviv.
Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, has been the protagonist of clashes between Russian troops and Ukrainian soldiers. In the image you can see a totally burned Russian war tank after clashes in the capital.
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The capital has been heavily attacked. In the image you can see a crater in the street in Kiev after being hit with an explosive device. One of the great criticisms in this conflict has been the attack against civilians and residential areas, as can be seen in the photo.
Wanting to prevent an escalation of the conflict into all-out war in Europe, Russia has suffered economic sanctions across almost the entire Western world. This has caused the ruble (Russian official currency) to fall in its exchange value.
Russian troops entered Ukraine on February 24, prompting President Volodymyr Zelensky to declare martial law. Constant clashes have occurred at night between Russian soldiers and their Ukrainian opponents.
Despite fears over the possible use of nuclear weapons, Russian offensives have struck with aerial bombardment to destroy Russian arsenals. In the image you can see the smoke coming from Vasylkiv, a town near Kiev.
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Thousands of Russian citizens have taken to the streets to protest against the occupation of Ukrainian territory by Russian troops. Hundreds were detained in Russia by the Policeunder penalty of being investigated for treason.
On February 28, negotiations began for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the Belarusian capital, Minsk. Although talks between Russian and Ukrainian emissaries have begun, there is still distrust that they can be fruitful.
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However, tensions have escalated following the US decision to withdraw its entire diplomatic corps from the Kremlin. What’s more, there is fear that the conflict will turn into a nuclear warafter the seizure of nuclear power plants in Ukraine by Russian troops.
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