UKRAINE DIARY
We are the nation. We are Ukrainians.
EVGEN KULIKOV
Everyone knows that on February 24, 2022, Russia launched a massive war on us.
[ EVGEN KULIKOV, citizen of Ukraine narrates the situation of the unimaginable and unprecedented bloody situation of Ukraine from a unique angle from the 3rd day of the war started by Russia. Evgen Kulikov beautifully crafts the days of pain, horror, uncertainty, death, bombings, exodus, resistance, fighting, and many more in the UKRAINE DIARY. Evgen requests readers of www.mahabahu.com to read his pages – so that readers can feel the situation from this part of the world too. Editor, Mahabahu]
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Today is the 26th day of WAR in Ukraine.
The character of war has been changing and we are entering the new phase.
After failed blitzkrieg the invaders were forced to spend some time for reassessing the reality.
In few days, Russians will finalize accumulation of reserves, change of logistic chains and all the preparation for another big attempt.
Expected targets are Kyiv, Mariupol and Donetsk-Luhansk direction.
We must prepare for really tough days ahead.
Negotiations will remain not a very relevant matter until the second phase finishes and will depend on how and when the second phase ends.
We also see that Belarus army makes final preparations on the border with Ukraine. The risk they enter our territory is very material. Such extra invasion will not change dramatically the strategic situation on the battlefield, though it will definitely mean more deaths.
Let see if Belarus soldiers agree to become a cannon fodder for Putin’s plans.
Mariupol remains blocked. Only few thousands of inhabitants managed to leave the city by cars, but the full-scale humanitarian corridor doesn’t work.
On Donetsk-Luhansk direction Ukrainian forces are still shackled by heavy fighting so in fact there is no possibility to create the strike group of forces to help blocked Mariupol.
This night Russians sent the ultimatum to Mariupol, saying that the defenders of the city must lay down the arms and in such case they will be allowed to exit it. Everybody understands that means guaranteed death for all Ukrainian soldiers. Nobody has forgotten Illovaisk tragedy 2014.
Mariupol keeps on standing despite turning into the darkest place in the world.
On a photo above you can see a shopping mall in Kyiv; it was destroyed by a missile that hit exactly the territory of the mall last night.
The first people who came there were the firefighters and rescuers.
I want to pay tribute to these courageous people, who are now all over Ukraine do their job despite constant risk.
They put out fires and get people out from the rubbles, knowing that any moment another missile can fall on their heads.
They enter the burning buildings looking for those who survived.
They see the death and broken lives every day.
They are true heroes.
We are going through the darkest times now.
We must be prepared for long, hard and exhausting war ahead.
We have shown to the world that we are and now we must keep standing strong.
We are the nation. We are Ukrainians!
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