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Ukraine: A war without victory

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13.03.2025
February 24, 2025, marked the third anniversary of Russia’s ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine, under President Vladimir Putin with the declared aims of ‘demilitarising’ and ‘denazifying’ Ukraine, as well as protecting residents of the Donbas region from alleged genocide. The special operation which started as a rapid offensive soon turned into a slow and protracted conflict that has devastated Ukraine and its people. Ukraine has lost over 42,000 civilians, has 3.7 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and 14.6 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. Of the displaced population, 25 percent are children and roughly 50 percent are women, which accounts for 76 percent of total refugees in Ukraine. To make matters worse, refugees have no place to shelter as United Nations’ reports estimate that 2.5 million homes have been destroyed (that’s nearly 13 percent of its housing sector). There is now a massive migrant crisis in Europe as 6.9 million people have migrated from Ukraine to nearby Eastern European states. On the military front, the Ukrainian Army, already having acute personnel shortages, faces even greater difficulties as it has suffered heavy casualties, having lost 46,000 men, with 380,000 wounded since the war began. In terms of materials and equipment, the Ukrainian Army has lost around 7,600 units of military hardware and 3,800 armoured vehicles, including 700 tanks, 800 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) and 900 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs). On the other hand,........

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