30 days of war in Ukraine enters its second phase a month after the invasion was launched by Moscow on 24 February.
The fighting has forced around five million Ukrainians to flee their homes, with thousands of people killed or wounded and widespread damage during the ‘Special Operation’ in 30 days of war in Ukraine.
The cost – 30 days of war in Ukraine
Russia’s army chief has said its main war effort will now focus on the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Having ‘mostly accomplished’ first phase objectives.
Western media outlets are posing this as a failure, but after 30 days of war in Ukraine The Russians control 70% of the energy supplies and 80% of the Black Sea coastline.
Russia has completed phase 1 of its operation – strategically, it has disabled Ukrianes airfields, controlled the major arteries from the black sea and reported a ‘mission accomplished’ thus far.
Russia has combatted the ‘crippling NATO sanctions’ by forcing the countries to pay for their natural gas in Rubles to boost the rising local inflation.
India has purchased $3Bn worth of oil from Russia during this conflict and paid for it on delivery. According to sources 3 other countries have agreed to the same terms.
A move that has enabled Russia to maintain cash flow during the 30 days of war in Ukraine.
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk demanded from ICRC to acquire a list of Mariupol residents who are thought to have been taken to Russia.
The Ukrainian government claims at least 15,000 citizens of the besieged city were forcibly deported by the Russian troops.
Reports of shelling and missile strikes continued overnight mostly in eastern Ukraine, with reports of explosions in Vinnytsya, Zhytomyr and Sievierodonetsk.
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