🇺🇦 What has blocked #Russia from making bigger advances in #Ukraine? France 24's correspondent Luke Shrago reports from Odesa ⤵️ | FRANCE 24 English

350K views · 4.7K reactions |  Russia's slow and grinding offensive in the east of #Ukraine continues. While the Russians are making gains, Director of the Eurasian Democracy Initiative Peter Zalmayer says it is coming at a huge cost. The Russians have "resorted to freeing men from prisons to throw them into the war effort," says Zalmayer. | FRANCE 24 English | Facebook

265K views · 3.6K reactions | "Kyiv has been emptied of its inhabitants [...] and as we speak, we can hear from explosions from #Irpin, northwest of the city where fighting is raging." Ukrainian forces say the Russians are accumulating resources to storm their capital. FRANCE 24's Cyril Payen reports from #Kyiv⤵️ | FRANCE 24 English | Facebook

160K views · 2.7K reactions |  Russian troops are aiming to take control of #Mariupol Tuesday However; reports about the strategic city's current state are "conflicting" says FRANCE 24's Rob Parsons in Kyiv ⤵️ | FRANCE 24 English | Facebook

Some 100,000 people are still estimated to be living in #Ukraine's 🇺🇦 besieged port city of #Mariupol. Under constant bombing, and limited food and water, thousands may have died, says the #UN 🇺🇳. FRANCE 24 reports ⤵️ | FRANCE 24 English