Special Envoy in Odessa
Wednesday, August 24 is doubly symbolic. marks the sixth month of Russia’s aggression against the territory of Ukraine and the 31st anniversary of its independence after the collapse of the USSR. But the national holiday will not be celebrated. President Zelensky has been saying for several days that he fears Moscow will, on this occasion “something nasty and cruel”.
Ukrainian intelligence services, for their part, claim that additional Russian units have been deployed in Belarus and that at least two facilities capable of launching cruise missiles are located in the Black Sea.
The war continues
Thus, the capital of Ukraine revives the anxiety of the last days of February, when the Russian army was at its gates. The battles in the suburbs were the first turning point. This war, which many commentators, and no doubt the Kremlin, envisioned as short and victorious for the attacker, defied predictions. Ukrainian soldiers…
Source: Le Figaro
