- Russia launched its “military operation” in Ukraine on Thursday, February 24, 2022. Every evening 20 Minutes offers you a look back at the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
- A powerful statement, a key figure, the underlying trends… Here you will find the essential information to better understand a war of unprecedented proportions on European soil.
- This Saturday, the 703rd day of the war in Ukraine, Putin reiterated his desire to “eradicate Nazism,” Ukrainian residents were killed near the border, and Russian disinformation was given a new name: “Matryoshka.”
Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes stock for you every evening. Between the strong statements, the progress on the front and the results of the fighting, here are the most important points of the day.
The fact of the day
Vladimir Putin was present this Saturday at the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the end of the siege of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) by the German army during the Second World War and reiterated his desire to “do everything” to “finally eradicate the blockade” . Nazism.” A statement that is indirectly but clearly aimed at Ukraine. In fact, the Kremlin leader stated that by deploying his troops to Ukrainian soil almost two years ago, he was aiming to “demilitarize” this former Soviet republic, which he said was run by neo-Nazis ” and wanted to ” denazify “. ” The Kiev regime continues to glorify Hitler's accomplices […] and to resort to terror against anyone he doesn’t like,” Putin reiterated on Saturday. We tell you more here (click on the link)
Sentence of the day
We are supplying weapons to Ukraine for a victory that, unfortunately, even the Ukrainian generals no longer believe in […]. This war must be ended, and very quickly, through negotiations
Sahra Wagenknecht, the co-chair of BWS, the new German radical left-wing populist party that bears her name, was celebrated this Saturday at the movement's first congress. In front of the 450 founding members, she called for negotiations with Moscow to end the war in Ukraine. She also advocates that Germany stop supplying weapons to Kiev.
The number of the day
2. Two Ukrainian civilians were shot dead in their village on the border with Russia in an incursion by a group of Russian soldiers, local authorities said. The attack occurred in the Sumy region. Ukraine's prosecutor general said the victims were a 54-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman who were traveling in a car.
Although rare, such attacks have occurred repeatedly since the beginning of the war.
Today's trend
“Check this information”…. We knew “Doppelgänger”, now comes “Matriochka”. Since September, online disinformation attributed to Russia has consisted not only of spreading anti-Ukrainian fake news, but also of directly calling on Western media to fact-check it.
This approach has been dubbed the “Matriochka” or “Russian Dolls” operation by the “Antibot4Navalny” collective, which tracks Russia-related influence operations on the X platform. Find out more in this article (click on the link).