During the last six months, the front line has moved less and less on the conflict maps. Initially, it was about the largest cities of the country: Kiev, Kharkiv, Odessa, each of which exceeds one million inhabitants. Then the fighting concerned regional centers with more than 100,000 inhabitants, such as Mariupol, Severodonetsk or Lysichansk. Henceforth, most of the time, fighting rages over settlements of less than 100,000: Bakhmut, Avdiivka, even barely 10,000 inhabitants: Siversk. The scale of the fighting was thus dramatically reduced over the course of days.
What lessons can we learn from this half-year war in Ukraine? Are we headed for a stalemate in conflict and protracted war? And if so, is it beneficial for Moscow or Kiev? Is the West ready to help?on timeUkrainians, as Emmanuel Macron said, while the economic consequences of the war are increasingly felt in Europe.
Find our answers to this new situation in the video, supporting maps. One hour to understand the military situation and the geopolitical context of the Ukrainian war.
Source: Le Figaro
