Highlights: It was two years ago to the day that Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine. The war has become bogged down, trenches have been dug along a front which is moving very little in one direction or the other. What is the assessment of the military situation? What prospects for Ukraine? Is there a risk of Western support fading? Can Europe switch to a war economy? What about companies in Ukraine and Russia over the past two years? RFI's permanent special correspondent, Anissa El Jabri, looks back on the two years of this conflict on the Russian side.

It was two years ago to the day, in the early morning of February 24: after months of tension, verbal escalation and speculation, Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine. Of the…

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Two years of war in Ukraine: peace impossible?

It was two years ago to the day, in the early morning of February 24: after months of tension, verbal escalation and speculation, Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine.

From the promise of a lightning conquest of Ukraine to the first Russian failures, from the first Ukrainian victories to the counter-offensive, where are we today?

Special edition.

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A Ukrainian soldier defends a military position in Avdiivka (illustrative image) AP - Libkos

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The war has become bogged down, trenches have been dug along a front which is moving very little in one direction or the other.

What is the assessment of the

military situation

What prospects for

Ukraine

Is there a risk of Western support fading?

Can Europe switch to a war economy?

What about companies in Ukraine and

Russia

over the past two years?

The weariness and fatigue that is setting in on the Ukrainian side, the vice that has tightened on the Russian side.

This February 24, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., RFI Matin offers you a special edition presented by

Julien Coquelle-Roëhm

Our special correspondents

Anastasia Becchio

and

Boris Vichith

, live from Kiev, illustrate Ukraine's entry into a third year of war with a series of reports in Lviv, Kiev, Kharkiv and on the military front in Kupiansk.

RFI correspondents in Ukraine,

Stéphane Siohan

and

Emmanuelle Chaze

, who cover daily news

Ukrainian, will help take stock of these two years of war.

In Moscow, RFI's permanent special correspondent,

Anissa El Jabri,

looks back on the two years of this conflict on the Russian side with a particular focus on the repercussions of this war on relations between Kyrgyzstan and Russia.

Finally, in video,

Arthur Ponchelet

takes stock of the sanctions hitting Russia.

Russia: what is the impact of Western sanctions?

03:20

Arthur Ponchelet.

The editorial offices in

Romanian

Russian

and Ukrainian also offer special programming, with a series of reports in Russian by

Serguey Dmitriev

carried out in Ukraine from Odessa to Kharkiv, via Kherson, Kramatorsk and Kiev.

On its

digital offer in Ukrainian

, RFI offers a series of articles on the post-conflict situation in Ukraine, including the life of displaced people, changes in the media, the experience of dual nationals, foreign fighters and exiles in France.

Two years of war in Ukraine: peace impossible?

Two years of war in Ukraine: peace impossible?

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