The war in Ukraine He turns 403 days old this Monday. Clashes between Russian and Ukrainian forces continue in Bajmutas the epicenter of the conflict in Donbas, where the Wagner Group has announced on Sunday night that Russian troops already control the center of the city.
At least twelve civilians have died and another thirty have been injured after the attacks launched in the last day this Sunday by Russian forces over almost a hundred territories in up to seven different regions.
The authorities of Russia has accused the special services of Ukraine on Monday of planning the attack carried out on Sunday in a cafeteria in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, which resulted in the death of blogger Vladlen Tatarski and with more than 30 wounded.
On February 24, 2022, the President of Russia Vladimir Putinordered the Russian offensive in the country in what he called a “special military operation”.
Since then, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that about 20 million people have fled Ukraine, since the beginning of the Russian military offensive, which he considers to be the fastest exodus in Europe since World War II. That is, more than 48.6% of the population –estimated at almost 41 million in 2021– would have left Ukrainian territory.
Situation of the war in Ukraine on April 4, 2023 / Map: EA According to him last report of Institute Study of War (ISW) (1) stresses that Russian forces “they continued to attack Bakhmut and its environs” and considers it likely that they will “seize the AZOM plant” (north of the city) against which the Ukrainian forces launched a “missile attack”.
On the other hand, the ISW also claims that Russian forces continue to carry out “limited ground attacks along the Svatove-Kreminna axis“Where Would They Have Achieved”marginal gains northwest“.
Also, the think tank American reports that Russian forces also persist in the “ground attacks along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line“.
At least twelve civilians have died and another thirty have been injured after the attacks launched on the last day of this Sunday by Russian forces on almost a hundred territories in up to seven different regions.
In Chernigov, four people have died after the two cars they were traveling in exploded after setting off land mines as they passed through the Novgorod-Severski district, according to figures from the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
The Zaporizhia region has been one of the hardest hit this Sunday, with more than eighty attacks launched by Russian forces. In Lugansk, shelling has been felt mainly on the front line, in towns such as Novoselivske, Nevski and Bilohorivka.
For their part, the attacks in the Donetsk region have left six people dead and another fifteen injured. In Kherson, some twenty airstrikes have been carried out in the last few hours, with a death toll of one civilian.
The founder and owner of the Wagner Group, Yevgeni Prigozhin, announced on Sunday night that Russian troops already control the center of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, in the east of the country.
Prigozhin explained, through the Telegram account of his press service, that the Russian soldiers took the center of the city at 11:00 p.m.
“We raised the Russian flag with the inscription ‘Good memory for Vladlen Tatarski’ – military journalist who died this Sunday after an explosion in Saint Petersburg – and the flag of the Wagner Group in the Bakhmut city administration,” he said.
Thus, he has declared that they have “legally taken Bakhmut” and that “the enemy – the Ukrainian troops – are concentrated in the western regions”.
For several weeks now, the most complicated front in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the one located in Bakhmut, as it was the scene of intense confrontations.
Prigozhin asserted a few days ago that the fighting around this city “has practically destroyed” the Ukrainian Army.
The Russian authorities have accused the special services of Ukraine on Monday of planning the attack carried out on Sunday in a cafeteria in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, which resulted in the death of the blogger Vladlen Tatarski and more than 30 injured.
The National Anti-Terrorist Committee has indicated in a statement published on its website that “it has been determined that the terrorist act committed on April 2 in Saint Petersburg against the well-known journalist Vladlen Tatarski was planned by the special services of Ukraine.”
Likewise, it has pointed to the “participation” in the plan of “people who collaborate with the so-called Navalni Anti-Corruption Fund”, created in 2011 by the opponent Alexei Navalni. In this sense, he has stressed that the suspect arrested, Daria Trepova, is “a person who actively supports him.”
Flow of refugees from Ukraine to other countries as of March 27, 2023 / Map: EA The number of refugees who have crossed the border from Ukraine into the rest of Europe it continues to grow since the start of the war in Ukraine, unleashed by order of Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24.
He United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that more than 19.7 million people have fled Ukraine, since the beginning of the Russian military offensive, which he considers to be the fastest exodus in Europe since World War II. Until the 48% of the population –estimated at almost 41 million in 2021– would have left Ukrainian territory.
According to the latest UNHCR data (2), 19,952,229 people have left Ukrainian territory as of March 27, 2023. By countries, 10.452.014 Ukrainian refugees have already arrived Poland, 2.852.395 a Russia (October 3, 2022), 2.414.914 a Hungary, 2.153.896 a Romania (March 26th), 1.266.790 a Slovakia (March 26th), 795.585 a Moldavia (March 26) and 16.705 a belarus (March 21st).
The High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that more than 8.1 million Ukrainian refugees have already been registered on European territory, and that five they would be in a situation of Temporary Protection, due to the Russian invasion of his country.
References
- (1) Institute for Study of War (ISW).
- (2) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).