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

Guerre en Ukraine 🇺🇦 : les forces ukrainiennes ont affirmé ce vendredi avoir repris aux troupes russes deux localités près de la ville de Koupiansk. Les négociations autour d'un plan de paix patinent sur deux points, selon Volodymyr Zelensky : le contrôle de la région orientale de Donetsk et le statut de la centrale nucléaire de Zaporijjia | FRANCE 24

The small village of Vysokopillya in southern #Ukraine 🇺🇦 was quick to fall into #Russian 🇷🇺 hands when #Moscow invaded on February 24. But in September – after six months of occupation – it was recaptured by Ukrainian forces, who have now set up camp there. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports on the soldiers’ day-to-day, just 40 kilometres from the frontline ⤵️ | FRANCE 24 English

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

43K views · 1K reactions | 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 | Facebook