UKRAINE. The war in Ukraine enters its second month this weekend. This Sunday, March 27, a nuclear research facility was bombed in Kharkiv. For the moment, it is impossible to assess the damage. The latest information on the situation live…
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- The war in Ukraine continues and enters its second month this weekend of March 26-27. This Sunday, a nuclear research facility was bombed in Kharkiv. For the moment, no assessment of the damage is possible given the intensity of the fighting.
- The beginning of a retreat or, finally, a form of de-escalation? While the war in Ukraine has been going on for more than a month now, the Russian army announced on Friday that it would limit its offensive in eastern Ukraine. Deputy Chief of the General Staff Sergei Rudskoy announced that “the combat capabilities of the Ukrainian forces have been significantly reduced, which allows (…) to concentrate the bulk of the efforts on the main objective: the liberation of Donbass”, where two separatist “republics” have been recognized by Moscow. However, shelling hit the west of the city of Lviv, in the west of the country. An initial assessment reports five injuries.
- Traveling to Warsaw, Joe Biden said he was convinced that Vladimir Putin wanted to divide NATO: “I am convinced that Vladimir Putin was counting on the possibility of dividing NATO, on the ability to separate the eastern flank from the west, on the ability to separate nations based on past histories.” And the President of the United States concludes: “But he couldn’t do it, we all stayed together.”
- On Telegram, regional governor Oleksandr Pavlyuk reported that the Russian armed forces seized the city of Slavutych. The particularity of this city? It houses the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
- Yesterday, the Ukrainian forces launched several counter-offensives, regaining ground east of the capital, kyiv, but also on the city of Kherson, the only major urban center completely conquered by the Russian army since the beginning of the invasion. A city now “contested”. In the south, Mariupol, a besieged city, is for its part still in a critical situation, tens of thousands of inhabitants still being deprived of the minimum subsistence.
- How will these last elements, which augur a shift in Russian strategy in Ukraine, evolve on the ground from now on? Follow live the latest information on the war in Ukraine on the 32nd day of the conflict.
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10:40 – The situation in Chernihiv is worrying
This Sunday, March 27, the head of the regional military administration of Chernihiv, Vyacheslav Chaus, alerted to the situation in his city. According to him, there is no electricity, heating and water supply in Chernihiv. In the past 24 hours, eight fires have been declared in the region.
10:12 – A nuclear research facility was bombed in Kharkiv
This Sunday, March 27, a nuclear research facility was bombed in Kharkiv. For the moment, no assessment of the damage is possible given the intensity of the fighting. Already on Saturday, the Ukrainian authorities had indicated that bombardments had hit the installation without there being any radiation.
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Since the start of the conflict, maps have played a key role in understanding the Russian military operation and in monitoring the situation in Ukraine live. Several press agencies, but also specialized institutes and French, Ukrainian and international media, offer maps and graphics updated daily. Some of these cards offer real-time tracking of the latest events, others focus on the major events of the last 24 hours.