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A woman walks past a destroyed residential building in the town of Irpin, north-west from Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on June 3, 2022 on the 100th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. – Volodymyr Zelensky vowed victory on the 100th day of Russia’s invasion on June 3, 2022, even as Russian troops pounded the eastern Donbas region. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
A hundred days ago Russia started what it called a special military operation in Ukraine.
Thousands of people have died on both sides.
After initially deploying near the capital Kyiv, the fighting now is concentrated in the eastern part of the country, which Russian forces control.
Philip Crowther has details from Lviv in Ukraine.
To discuss:
- Pavlo Kukhta is a former Ukrainian Acting Minister of Economic Development.
- Anton Fedyashin is a professor of history at American University
- Max Blumenthal is an editor at Grayzone.com.
- Richard Arnold is an associate professor of political science at Muskingum University.
For more:
Devastation and defiance in Ukraine: 100 days of a war that is reshaping Europe https://t.co/7qTBiHicyr
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 3, 2022
It's 100 days since Russia invaded Ukraine
Countless lives have been forever shattered, ripped apart and upended#Ukrainecast hears the stories that define the conflict, and asks what will Ukraine be like, 100 days from now?
Hear more on BBC Sounds https://t.co/JeHdQRTLi0 pic.twitter.com/DvxvqvDoEf
— BBC Sounds (@BBCSounds) June 3, 2022
