“This isn't a chess game, this is a real war”: In Ukraine, Russians are “actually controlling ruins”

"Russians do not occupy cities. They are destroying them. They destroyed Mariupol, Bakhmut, Maryinka, and many other places. They can claim control, but they are actually controlling ruins," Volodymyr Yermolenko, Director of Analytics at Internews Ukraine and UkraineWorld Editor-in-Chief, commented on the essence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.