The 100-day war in Ukraine

the 100-day war in ukraine Ukrainians have been fighting invaders for 100 days now and the country is bracing up for a war of attrition with Russia

Thousands of civilians killed and wounded, millions of refugees, destroyed cities - this is what Ukraine looks like 100 days on from the onset of the conflict. Europe has been destabilized (as if the pandemic wasn't enough) and the EU has approved six sanction packages against Russia. The global geo-political order has been disturbed and the international economy weakened.  

All this time, a defiant Kremlin leader has been waging his war against the Ukrainians. Russia has so far occupied 20% of the territory of Ukraine, whereas the latter is presently investigating 15 thousand alleged war crime cases. Right at the beginning of the war the country's capital Kyiv was heavily bombed but could not be conquered. On March 2nd, the city of Kherson, close to Crimea, a region previously annexed by the Russians, became the first big city occupied. 

Bilateral political talks don't seem to have a positive outcome and pictures with the killings in Bucha have been given a wide coverage by international media. The city of Mariupol connecting Crimea with the breakaway regions in the east of the country fell after fierce fighting inside the Azovstal steelworks. 

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has been constantly sending messages to encourage his troops and has called for international assistance. The USA, G7, NATO and the European Union ran to the help of Ukraine, concurrently closing ranks in the event of a war. Ukraine wants to join the EU whereas Sweden and Finland call for NATO accession. Ukraine's massive cereal crops can no longer be exported and a major food crisis is looming large particularly for the world's poorest nations.

An opinion poll recently conducted among the Romanians shows that over 71% of the respondents are blaming Russia for the war in neighboring Ukraine while over 87% believe that Russian leaders should be convicted for war crimes. 65% of the interviewees considers the deployment of NATO and US troops as something good.

Respondents have shown a pro-West, pro-NATO attitude, in line with the strategy the EU and the entire Euro-Atlantic zone is promoting these days, pundits in Bucharest believe while the Romanian government continues to take measures to support the refugees. Authorities here have recently held talks over a national plan aimed at assisting Ukrainians in finding jobs, accommodation, sending their children to schools so that they may learn Romanian and get quickly integrated. The government has made available an information platform for the refugees seeking temporary assistance amid a wave of sympathy the Romanians have shown for the refugees ever since the beginning of the war.

(bill)


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