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What the war's politics looked like on 29 March 2022
Summary
Reports from 27 and 28 March 2022 showed a conflict pressing on civilians and local officials while diplomatic appeals continued.
What was the political picture in Ukraine on 29 March 2022? The reports available from the preceding days point to three strands: pressure on local leaders, strikes far from the front, and outside appeals for a ceasefire.
On 28 March 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that some mayors abducted by invading Russian forces had been found dead. The statement placed local officials at the centre of the conflict, not only soldiers and national leaders.
On 27 March 2022, a missile hit an oil depot in the Volyn region, according to Yurii Pohuliaiko, head of the regional administration. The report showed that strikes were reaching beyond the areas of the heaviest fighting.
The diplomatic track was also active on 27 March 2022. Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, spoke by phone with Vladimir Putin, according to Erdogan's office. He stressed the need for a ceasefire in Ukraine and called for an improved humanitarian situation in the region.
Taken together, these reports describe a gap between the calls for a halt to fighting and the events on the ground. Kyiv's leadership was reporting the deaths of abducted local officials, while a regional administration was reporting a missile strike on fuel infrastructure. Outside mediation, in this case by Turkey, stayed on the agenda alongside them.
