DESTROYMENT BY INVASION
Russia The ‘special military operation’ launched by President Vladimir Putin with the rhetoric of ‘cleaning Kiev from the Nazis’ has completed its sixth month today. Continuing war turned cities into rubble.
The Russian army, which advanced to the capital Kiev in the first 24 hours, encountered resistance here. The Russians, who could not advance one meter for weeks, withdrew at the beginning of April, saying “our new target is Donbas”.
Having captured Kherson, which is neighbor to Crimea, at the beginning of March, Russia achieved its first important success. The port city of Mariupol, which was almost completely destroyed after three months of uninterrupted bombardment, fell on May 21.
Russia, which announced last month that it had captured all of Lugansk, is now advancing on Donetsk. The ‘expected’ operation in Odessa in the south did not start. Russia is preparing for an annexation referendum in cities under its control, where it distributes its own money and passport.
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DON’T FIT THE NUMBERS
What happened in Kyiv and Mariupol during the occupation especially occupied the world public opinion:
The massacre in Bucha and Irpin, suburbs of Kyiv, arose with the withdrawal of the Russians. Images of civilians being executed in the middle of the street with their hands and eyes blindfolded were in the headlines in the first days of April. The bodies of 1300 civilians were found in the mass graves.
The only clue to what happened in occupied Mariupol is mass grave images reflected in satellite photos. According to Kiev, 20,000 civilians died here. 600 people lost their lives in the bombing of the theater building and 4 people in the attack on the maternity hospital. The siege of the Azovstal steelworks ended with the surrender of 2,500 soldiers.
NUCLEAR FEAR
In the first hours of the occupation, via Belarus UkraineEntering Russia, the Russian military captured Chernobyl, where the worst nuclear disaster in history took place in 1986. It was reported that many soldiers who were traveling unprotected in the nuclear pollution area until the end of March, when they left the reactor, were poisoned by radiation.
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Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Zaporozhye, is still under the control of the Russian army. Russia, which has brought military vehicles into the power plant, is accused of using the facility as a shield. Since the beginning of March, there have been multiple clashes in which the reactor walls have been damaged. It is alleged that Moscow is preparing to cut off the electricity supplied to Ukraine from the power plant.
BALANCE SHEET HEAVY
According to the Chief of the Ukrainian General Staff, 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since the beginning of the invasion.
UNAccording to , 5,587 civilians died, 972 of whom were children. The picture is unknown in Russian-controlled areas.
20 percent of the country’s land is occupied, mostly important ports and agricultural cities.
Zelensky said that the Russian army fired 3,500 missiles in six months.
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According to the Kyiv School of Economics; 130 thousand residences, 934 health facilities, 18 airports became unusable. 200 billion for the construction of infrastructure dollar needs.
THE FACE OF THE WORLD HAS CHANGED
As Russia’s attack on Ukraine has left its sixth month behind, this development has revealed many new dynamics on a global scale. In the post-Cold War era, the US-Russian polarization has become this sharp for the first time.
The global economy has been shaken
After the sanctions against Russia, global inflation reached record levels. The World Economic Outlook report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated that if the effects of the Ukraine war and inflation are not brought under control, the world may come to the brink of the worst economic recession in the last 50 years. In 2022, the inflation forecast for developed economies was increased from 5.7 percent to 6.6 percent, while the forecast for developing countries was revised to 9.5 percent.
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The energy problem has reached striking proportions.
The risk of Russia suddenly stopping gas flow to Europe due to the war in Ukraine has left Europe with an energy crisis like never before. Europe, which wants to reduce its energy dependence on Russia, has reached an agreement with the USA to provide more liquid natural gas (LNG).
Climate crisis overshadowed
Meanwhile, the energy crisis got ahead of the climate crisis. The search for alternative energy sources caused by the energy crisis in Europe forced countries to suspend their climate policies and return to nuclear energy.
Food security and the threat of hunger
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While Ukraine and Russia meet about 30 percent of the world’s wheat needs, since the war began, Russia’s wheat exports have been severely restricted. Ships loaded with grain in Ukrainian ports captured by Russia could not move from their place until recently. As such, serious disruptions occurred in the food supply chain. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced that grain export restrictions could increase food and feed prices in the world market by 22 percent. UN World Food Program hits record levels drought announced that hunger threatens 22 million people, especially in the Horn of Africa region. With the agreement reached by Ukraine, Russia and the UN on 22 July in Istanbul, which Turkey took the lead, the way of transporting the grain in Ukrainian ports to world markets was opened.
New wave of immigration
According to the European border protection agency Frontex, 7.7 million Ukrainian citizens have traveled to EU countries since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February.
NATO is back on stage
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), established in 1949 as a defense pact against Soviet Russia, was revived. Sweden and Finland, which have been pursuing a policy of neutrality for years, have attempted to become members of NATO.
Polarization girl won
While the USA and Europe took tough sanctions against Russia, Beijing and Moscow became closer. The Chinese government has recently intimidated Taiwan, with which it is in dispute.
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