The first month of the Russian invasion of Ukraine leaves devastated cities and millions of refugees. Also the impression that at the military level everything has stagnated. The Russian advance is far from what was expected. The fronts have stabilized and the fighting is concentrated in almost the same places that fell under the Russian push in the first days of the attack.
March 25, 2022 | Day 30
Russia changes strategy and will focus on Donbas
General Sergei Rudskói, head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, has assured that “the main tasks of the first stage of the operation in Ukraine have been completed. The combat potential of the Ukrainian troops has been significantly reduced. This allows us to focus all our efforts on achieving the main goal – the liberation of Donbas.”
The Russian troops, in fact, not only are not advancing but are even losing positions, as is the case with Irpim, near kyiv.
Russian troops on the ground
Villages occupied by Russia, according to the Bucha City Council
Source: Institute for the Study of War
Russian troops on the ground
Villages occupied by Russia, according to the Bucha City Council
Source: Institute for the Study of War
Russian troops on the ground
Villages occupied by Russia, according to the Bucha City Council
Source: Institute for the Study of War
Russian troops on the ground
Villages occupied by Russia, according to the Bucha City Council
Source: Institute for the Study of War
In the last 24 hours, moreover, Ukraine has destroyed several ships of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea. This Friday, the bombings of the Putin Army have reached a clinic in Kharkov, where four people have died, as well as a Ukrainian military unit on the outskirts of Dnipro.
Chernigov and the punished Mikolaiv also resist, erected in the main obstacle for the advance of the Russian troops towards Odessa. The pearl of the Black Sea has been bombarded a couple of times from the sea, but remains relatively quiet. The same happens in western cities, such as Lviv, where there have been sporadic bombings in the airport area.
The capital, Vladimir Putin’s great objective from the outset, does not show signs of falling either. Few of those who remain in them are not armed, and Ukrainian forces have even managed to drive the Russians out of the suburbs they had taken over days ago.
One month of Russian invasion of Ukraine
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