The war in Ukraine deciphered in infographics

• Russia continues to invade Ukraine.

  This Tuesday, Russian troops are at the gates of the capital, Kiev.

  As for the second city of the country, Kharkiv, it suffered very heavy bombardments.

• The war causes a very important displacement of population.

  Half a million Ukrainians have already taken refuge in neighboring countries on the sixth day of the Russian attack.

• The West imposed very heavy economic sanctions on Russia.

  The ruble fell by almost 30% and the Central Bank of Russia adjusted its key rate by 20%.

Russia has invaded Ukraine and Vladimir Putin's troops continue their advance in the country.

This Tuesday, a huge Russian military convoy stretching over 60 km is at the gates of Kiev.

The country's second largest city, Kharkiv, is under heavy bombardment as sanctions continue to mount against Moscow.

takes stock in infographics of the war in Ukraine and its challenges.

The Advance of Vladimir Putin's Troops

On this map, we can see the advance of Russian soldiers in Ukraine, on the sixth day of the war ordered by Vladimir Putin.

Since the start of the conflict, Moscow has bombed the whole country, including the west.

Lviv, a few dozen kilometers from Poland, was hit by bombardments.

Russian troops are descending on Kiev, where a convoy of more than 60 kilometers is heading towards this Tuesday, and on the country's second city Kharkiv.

The latter, a few tens of kilometers from Russia, has not yet fallen into the hands of Moscow.

She underwent very heavy bombardments in the night and, again, the morning of Tuesday.

Place de la Liberté was notably bombarded.

The soldiers from Moscow also go up through Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.

More than 660,000 Ukrainian refugees

War is synonymous with population displacement.

Nearly 660,000 Ukrainian refugees fleeing the invasion of their country by Russia have flocked to neighboring countries since Thursday, according to the latest UN census published on Tuesday morning.

Poland, which has declared its unwavering support for Ukraine, is hosting by far the largest number of refugees arriving since the start of the Russian invasion.

In total, they were 281,300, according to the UNHCR count.

The EU said it was “fully prepared” to welcome them.

France, which brought a resolution on humanitarian aid to Ukraine to the UN Security Council on Monday, sent 33 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Poland to help the Ukrainians.

More than 30 tons of material will also leave for Moldova, which hosts more than 36,000 refugees, at the start of the week.

Many citizen initiatives are also organized in France.

Economic sanctions in response

The ruble on Monday broke historic records of weakness against the dollar and the euro on the Moscow Stock Exchange, due to sanctions imposed due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

To defend the economy and the national currency against Western sanctions, the Central Bank of Russia had to raise its key rate from 9.5 to 20% on Monday morning.

As can be seen in this infographic, this rate had not been reached even in 2014 when Crimea was annexed by Russia.

The European Union, the United States and Canada reached a consensus on Saturday to ban certain Russian banks from accessing Swift's services.

This Tuesday, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire estimated that "we are going to cause the collapse of the Russian economy" thanks to "sanctions of formidable effectiveness".

Suffocating Russia economically will be difficult, however.

The difficult political consensus

In the dock on the international scene, Russia suffered a deluge of condemnation on Monday at the UN General Assembly during a rare "emergency special session" of its 193 members, several of whom called for the end to its invasion of Ukraine, deemed "senseless".

To reflect the rejection of war, a resolution piloted by the Europeans in coordination with Ukraine will be put to the vote soon, perhaps on Wednesday.

It will have to obtain 2/3 of the votes For and Against expressed to be adopted.

On Friday, a Russian veto in the Security Council – where Moscow holds a permanent seat – had prevented the adoption of a similar text.

At the General Assembly, there is no right of veto.

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