The fronts in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, explained on maps

• J. AGUIRRE, A. HERNÁNDEZ, E. MARTIN, M. VAQUERO

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Updated Tuesday, March 1, 2022-09:29

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Thursday

will go down in the history books as the day on which peace in Europe was definitively broken.

After weeks on the edge of a knife, on the 24th the capital of Ukraine woke up between the bombings ordered by

, determined to invade the neighboring country from Russia and from his satellite,

.

The entry of Russian troops was also carried out from the east, especially through

, recognized three days earlier as independent republics by the Kremlin;

and from

, to the south, the peninsula that the Russian president already annexed in 2014.

03/01 |

RUSSIA INCREASES THE BOMBINGS AGAINST JARKOV AND STARTS THE ASSAULT ON KHERSON

The center of

's second largest city ,

has been shelled by the Russian military, regional governor Oleg Sinegoubov announced on Telegram.

"The Russian occupier continues to use

" he wrote, posting images of a huge explosion in the city's central square, where the local administration headquarters are located.

Russia's assault on the city of

in southern

began last night, the State Service for Communications and Information Protection reported on its official Telegram account.

army

is setting up checkpoints at the entrances to

. It is difficult to say how the situation will develop," the mayor said on his Facebook page.

RUSSIA ASSEMBLE TROOPS AROUND KIEV

Russia

is leading a huge military convoy toward

authorities to fear

a strategy to surround and storm the capital and other major cities in the country facing its sixth day of

.

Satellite images from the US company Maxar captured a column of more than 60 kilometers of vehicles and artillery about 25 kilometers northwest of the capital, the main objective of this offensive that has caused a wave of sanctions against Moscow.

02/28 |

NEGOTIATIONS AT THE BORDER

The week begins with negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in the Belarusian city of Gomel.

Meanwhile, activity on the front continues with fighting in the cities of Chernigov and Kharkov (the latter, the country's second largest city, with 1.4 million inhabitants), which remain under Ukrainian control.

On the other hand, the Russian president's order on Sunday to 'put on alert' his nuclear arsenal has triggered alarms throughout the continent.

The rest of the countries with nuclear capacity do not reach 400, with China being the third with 350 atomic weapons.

26-27/02 |

Small advances towards the capital

In Kiev, the bombings and fighting have continued, some of the clashes just nine kilometers from the well-known Maidan square.

Russian troops continue to advance towards the capital but have so far failed to penetrate it.

02/25 |

The first days of the invasion

Putin is invading Ukraine from the south, the east and, via Belarus, also from the north.

This is the front that worries him the most, since Kiev and his government are less than 100 kilometers from the border.

Although there is already a Russian presence in the capital, the bulk of Moscow's army threatens at close range.

02/24/2022 |

imbalance of forces

The Russian attack on Ukraine begins, a pulse that Kiev tries to endure despite the devastating inferiority of its armed forces.

Russian strategists have planned a series of

such as weapons depots, runways, barracks, radars and bridges.

Then he has hit the Ukrainian rear columns.

Only the entrance of the armored columns remained, which have penetrated into enemy territory from many points after an artillery preparation.

2021 |

Putin's mistrust of NATO

The red lines drawn by Russia have to do with the old Cold War treaties on nuclear weapons.

Moscow, basing itself on a supposed commitment between Gorbachev and Reagan in 1987, alleges that

, precisely to give it time to react in the event of an atomic attack, and that fear of such action-reaction (which would mean the destruction of both contenders) ruled out any such attack.

2010 |

the first symptom

The results of the 2010 elections gave

in which, four years later, Ukraine would plunge and which has escalated to the current situation.

The pro-Russian candidate,

Vladimir Putin, nostalgic for the Soviet empire, does not want to give up any more ground and defends an ally like Lukashenko or threatens Ukrainian sovereignty so as not to lose influence in more border territories.

Despite the

, it has not been possible to end the fighting due to non-compliance by both parties.

now killing people daily

and has destroyed infrastructure across the region.

SOURCES

Troop advances:

Rochan Consulting, BBC and own elaboration.

Federation of American Scientists.

Electoral Geography.

INFOGRAPHIC:

Javier Aguirre, Alberto Hernández, Elsa Martín, Maite Vaquero.

ART DIRECTION:

María González Manteca.

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