There has been grim news coming out of Eastern Ukraine over the last few days, as the Russian military has picked up its pace of seizing more territory in Ukraine's Donbas region. Its troops are close to completely taking over a key city that would further a Russian foothold. or at this point in a war that's dragged on for nearly four months, is there not much fear of Russian retaliation? Will western countries be intimidated by Putin's posturing. Of course all of Ukraine is already living under the threat of Russian attacks. Just this weekend several cruise missiles slammed into targets in Kyiv, the first time the capital city has been bombed in at least a month. Putin says that'll lead Russia to launch more bombing attacks. This has clearly caught the attention of Vladimir Putin. The Russian warned the U-S and Britain not to send longer-range rockets to Ukraine. And Bloomberg News is reporting that some Biden administration officials also worry that sanctions on Russia aren't stopping the invasion of Ukraine and are instead exacerbating inflation, worsening food insecurity, and punishing ordinary RussiansĪs Russia's campaign in Eastern Ukraine grinds on, the United Kingdom is the latest country to commit to sending heavier weapons to the Ukrainian side. After the Biden administration announced it's sending multiple launch rocket systems, the UK said it's sending similar missile launches capable of matching the Russian artillery barrages that now rain down on Ukraine cities in the Donbas on an hourly basis. Russia's recent oil profits due to rising prices have made up for a loss in exports from the sanctions.
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Rising energy and food costs in the U.S., which at least in part can be directly tied to sanctions against Russia, have become two of the main drivers of inflation, which hit a 40-year high this month. In fact, some members of the Biden administration are now acknowledging that sanctions might have caused just as much harm to the U.S. When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine back in February, the United States and most Western immediately launched what they claimed would be crippling sanctions against Russia and Vladimir Putin. There would be little to no loopholes or exceptions, leaders like President Biden promised, and the sanctions would be unrelenting with the goal of severely degrading Russia's ability to fight in Ukraine.įast forward four months later and the jury remains very much out on the impact of those sanctions. Mila's life has taken a bit of a different path than she thought before the war. Grandma has since evacuated the city and is safe. If you remember, Mila's grandma was stuck in Mariupol and she and her family weren't able to contact grandma for a couple weeks.
We spoke to a woman who left Mariupol early just before Russia started to attack. most of them set up temporarily scattered across Eastern Europe there could be just as many or more who are internally displaced. Their desperate situations have not changed.
Ī lot of attention was paid in the early days of Russia's invasion to the plight of millions of Ukrainians who had to flea their hometowns in advance of Russian forces descending on Kyiv. But once Russia's initial offensive flopped and the focus of the war shifted to the East, the world shifted much of its focus away from Ukrainian refugees.īut there are still an estimated 5-million Ukrainians living outside of the country right now, as the war grinds on. That territory could prove difficult for Ukraine to win back once the Russians have dug in with defenses.Īnd yet the Ukrainian government and military stands by its goals in this war: win back every square inch of Ukrainian territory taken by Russian, including Crimea.
This comes as Ukraine's deputy defense minister says Russia has ordered its military to overrun the entire eastern Donbas region by next Sunday. The Russians hoped to pull off a lightening strike on Kyiv and rule most of Ukraine within weeks, when it launched the invasion of its neighbor back in February.Īnd in the weeks afterwards when Russian forces were forced to retreat from the capital, Ukrainians hoped they had Russians on the run.įour months later and the war in Ukraine could last well beyond anyone's expectations. NATO's Secretary General says Russia's war in Ukraine could go on for years and the effort requires sustained Western support during that time.
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