Maps: This is how the Russian army advances on Ukraine

• E. AMADE, J. AGUIRRE, A. HERNÁNDEZ, E. MARTÍN, Á.

  MATILLA, M. VAQUERO

  @elmundograficos

  Madrid

Updated Thursday, March 3, 2022-09:16

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Thursday

will go down in the history books as the day peace in

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

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.

03/03 THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES EXCEEDS ONE MILLION

On the eighth

the number of refugees

from

of

already exceeds one million people, said UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi.

The vast majority have left for the west, especially to

, which is home to more than half.

"In just seven days we have witnessed the exodus of a million

from

to neighboring countries," Filippo Grandi said this morning through Twitter.

"For many millions more, inside Ukraine, it is time for the guns to fall silent, so that life-saving humanitarian assistance can be delivered."

02/03 |

RUSSIA MAKES ADVANCES IN THE SOUTH

On the seventh day of

the Russian army claims that it has taken the city of

"Russian divisions of the armed forces have taken full control of the

regional center, " Defense Ministry spokesman

in statements broadcast on television and collected by AFP.

Meanwhile, the port city of

is surrounded and without electricity after the Russian bombardment.

The Russian Navy is playing a crucial role since the beginning of hostilities.

Although an undetermined number

through the Bosphorus Strait, the Russian army has had enough naval means in the first days of the war to

(20 km from the coast).

In addition to having an offensive attitude, they are

of supplies and war material that could reach the Ukrainian coast.

03/01 |

A HUGE RUSSIAN CONVOY IS HEADING TO 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, which is facing its sixth day of

.

Satellite images from the US company Maxar captured a column of more than 64 kilometers of vehicles and artillery about 30 kilometers northwest of the capital, the main objective of this offensive.

During the preceding days

near Ivankiv, Irpin or Stoyanka to hinder the advance of the enemy.

However, the US considers that

, due to fuel and food shortages.

According to the US government, Putin would still intend to surround Kiev, but Russian forces could be rethinking the strategy in the face of greater resistance than expected.

Most of the

, found northwest of Kiev, are

.

They have been escorted by armored vehicles and artillery.

On the other hand, the center of

, the second largest city in

has been shelled by the Russian army, 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.

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.

Sunday's order by the Russian president to 'put on alert' his nuclear arsenal has triggered alarms across 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

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

, also from the north.

This is the front that worries him the most, since

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

Satellite images:

Maxar Technologies, Google.

Rochan Consulting, Militaryland, Black Sea News, Covert Shores, BBC, agencies and own elaboration.

Federation of American Scientists.

Electoral Geography.

EFE, AFP and own elaboration.

Blackseanews, Navalanalyses, Russianfleetanalysis.

AFP and UNHCR.

INFOGRAPHIC:

Javier Aguirre, Emilio Amade, Alberto Hernández, Elsa Martín, Álvaro Matilla and Maite Vaquero.

ART DIRECTION:

María González Manteca and Josetxu Piñeiro

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