The third year of war in Ukraine ended, on the battlefield, as it began, further plunging the country into the idea that the conflict had, from a military point of view, settled into a prospect of a long war. Neither Moscow nor kyiv have in fact managed, despite violent fighting and considerable human sacrifices, to change the situation.
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Politically, everyone has also stuck to their positions. The master of war, Russian President Vladimir Putin – who wants the fall of the kyiv government and the demilitarization of Ukraine, that is to say total submission to Russia – repeats that the strategic objectives he a defined must be achieved. Ukrainian leaders believe, for their part, that they have no choice but to resist Moscow’s aggression if they want to preserve the independence of their country.
-The first year of war, after the Russian invasion of February 24, 2022, was, for Ukraine, a year of national unity and fierce resistance. And, on the battlefield, a year of surprises. Ukrainians do not have “lay down your arms”as Russia invited them to do. The Moscow army experienced the failure of its three main offensives, towards the cities of kyiv, Kharkiv and Odessa. It was forced to withdraw its troops from the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital after five weeks of fighting.
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