The war in Ukraine celebrates a year amid suspicions of an imminent great Russian offensive
Putin launched his invasion like a blitzkrieg that a year later still has no sign of coming to an end.
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine This Friday, February 24, marks its first anniversary with the epicenter of the battles located in the Donetsk region and amid suspicions of an imminent new great offensive by Russia.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have managed over the past few months to recapture territories in various regions in the east and south of the country and is waiting to receive the Leopard tanks of his allies.
Since the beginning of the fight more than 8,000 civilians have died in Ukraine, according to the UN Office for Human Rights, which also reports some 13,287 wounded among the population.
Video: Ane Irazabal reports the night of 02/23/2022 on suspicions of an imminent start of the Russian invasion. These suspicions came true just hours later, on the morning of the 24th.
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The offensive, which was dubbed a “special military operation” by Russian President Vladimir Putin, It was planned like a blitzkrieg which had the objective of taking the entire Donbas and advancing towards the capital, kyiv, in a few days to remove the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky, from power.
However, Ukraine’s military response and the support given to Kiev by its Western allies has frustrated the expectations of the Russian leadership, which has seen its army suffer heavy casualties and has relied heavily on a bombing strategy. and large-scale artillery attacks in the absence of progress on the ground.
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The invasion began with a large-scale offensive by land, sea and air in which more than a dozen cities were attacked, including the surroundings of Kiev, with a landing in the city of Odessa and with Russian troops crossing the border at through various points.
Within the first hours of the invasion, Russian troops seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, while forces deployed on the Crimean peninsula — annexed in 2014 — entered Ukrainian territory from the south. The last days of February 2022 saw Russian forces focus their attention around Kiev, prompting the Ukrainian authorities to call on citizens to arm themselves to fight “the occupiers.”
Thus, Russian troops managed to seize territories in the south, in the Kherson and Melitopol regions, as well as in Kharkov, Chernigov and the Kiev region, while progress was made in the Donbas area. However, these advances were slowed down by the resistance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reinforced by the mobilization decrees signed by Zelensky.
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The Ukrainian Army began to pile up a series of territorial advances starting in July taking advantage of the concentration of Russian forces in the Donbas, recapturing areas through offensives on several fronts east of the Dnipro river. The advances allowed Ukrainian troops to push Russia away from Mykolaiv and push Moscow’s troops towards Kherson, while also managing to liberate various territories in the Kharkiv region.
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Although the situation remained in these dynamics during the summer, September marked the materialization of the collapse of the Russian front line due to a surprise offensive that led Russia to withdraw from the city of Izium, recaptured on September 10 by Ukraine. , thus extending its authority over almost the entire Kharkov region.
For his part, Putin responded with a “partial mobilization” to make up for losses on the battlefield and the annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia.
Despite this, Ukrainian troops took the strategically important city of Liman on October 1 and accelerated their advances into the south of the country, a two-front counteroffensive that eased Russian pressure on these parts of the country.
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Added to these setbacks was Russia’s announcement of its withdrawal to the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson, which allowed Ukraine to retake part of the city, which had been a key point in Russian efforts to unite the southern coast. from the country.
With the arrival of winter, the front lines remained relatively static, in a trench warfare that has led scholars to draw parallels with the First World War.
However, in recent weeks Russia has made progressincluding the capture of the city of Soledar in January and an approach to Bakhmut.
The offensive, backed by mercenaries from the Wagner Group, has prompted Ukraine to order the immediate evacuation of Bakhmut, amid fears of a new large-scale offensive by Russia to coincide with the first anniversary of the war.
Source: Eitb
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