A month ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared to the world that he was launching a “special military operation” in eastern Ukraine — a move warned by Western countries, which watched Russian troops slowly approach the neighboring country. .
What was expected was that the military presence would be concentrated in the breakaway regions of the Donbass, which had their independence recognized by the Russian leader; but, with the justification of “demilitarizing” and “denazifying” Ukraine, Russia launched an attack on several regions of the country — including the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.
Since then, at least 1,000 civilians have died in air strikes, despite the Russians denying they hit non-military targets, and some 3.5 million people have left Ukraine, including half the country’s children. Bombs and shots were seen in metropolises, inland and on the coast — with the port city of Mariupol a new “hell”, residents defined.
But Putin’s “operation” generated an immediate reaction: unprecedented sanctions were applied by members of the Western NATO alliance, as well as by other nations outside the group. Inside Russia, anti-war protests emerged but were quickly tamed by the police. On Russian state TV, a production company held up a sign critical of the Kremlin effort.
Above, remember 10 remarkable moments, in images, from the first month of the war in Ukraine — which, among at least four bilateral negotiations between Russians and Ukrainians, still does not see a near end on the horizon.
Source: CNN Brasil
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