After 3 months, the war in Ukraine shows no sign of ending

CBS News on May 23 reported that Ukraine’s parliament decided to extend martial law for another 90 days, in the context of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine that has lasted for 3 months.

Adviser Mykhailo Podolyak of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected the possibility of a ceasefire with Russia because he did not accept any agreement regarding the ceding of territory, which he said would not help to end the hostilities but also make Russia “attack more again after the ceasefire period”. The above statement reflects the danger that the war will not end soon.

Russian tanks in the Donetsk region on May 22 Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin 3 months ago announced the “special military operation to demilitarize and eliminate fascism” in Ukraine, after recognizing the independence of the two separatist territories of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine. Donbass. According to Reuters, this was the largest military move in Europe since World War II when Russia sent troops from three directions north, east and south, shelling as far as Kyiv province and many places the next day.

On March 29, Russia announced that it had completed the main goal of the first phase of the campaign and turned to the Donbass region. Fighting continues in eastern Ukraine, including the sinking of the flagship Moscow of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on April 14. According to The Guardian, the fighting in recent days has been concentrated in the east, with the heaviest fighting centered around the cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk in Luhansk province. The president of Ukraine said that between 50 and 100 people are killed every day on the eastern front.

The war caused European countries to worry about security, and Finland and Sweden on May 18 applied to join NATOdespite Russia’s warnings.

According to the Investment Monitor site, in addition to the loss of life, the war causes great material damage and Ukraine may take up to 1 trillion USD and many years to recover. More than 8 million people have been displaced from their homes inside Ukraine and 6 million refugees have gone abroad.

At the same time, the tension between Russia and the West along with the embargoes from the two sides led to unprecedented effects on the energy market as well as food security, leading to soaring inflation in the context of the economy. The global economy is recovering due to the impact of the pandemic Covid-19.

Russia and Ukraine have conducted many rounds of face-to-face and online negotiations from February 28 to April 22, but have yet to achieve results. AFP news agency on May 23 quoted President Zelensky as saying that hostilities can only be ended through diplomacy, and wanted everything to return to the way it was, but “Russia does not want that”. Meanwhile, Russia’s chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky asserted that Russia “never refused to dialogue”.

The Kyiv Independent website on May 23 reported that the Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army said that the Russian side had lost 1,293 tanks, 3,166 armored fighting vehicles, 604 cannons, 201 multiple rocket launchers systems, 93 surface-to-air missiles. , 170 helicopters, 204 aircraft, 476 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and 13 ships. On the same day, the Russian Defense Ministry said that it destroyed Ukraine’s weapons including 177 aircraft, 125 helicopters, 990 UAVs, 319 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,226 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 421 multiple rocket launcher system, 1,643 cannons and 3,106 military vehicles. Meanwhile, both sides have not officially disclosed the details of their losses.