Stuck on the Battlefield, Russia Wages ‘Total War’ on Ukraine’s Economy
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Stuck on the Battlefield, Russia Wages ‘Total War’ on Ukraine’s Economy

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The New York TimesSeptember 25, 2026View Source

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La Russie attaque l'économie de l'Ukraine parce que la guerre continue.

Russia is attacking Ukraine's economy because the war continues.

Russie→Russiaattaque→attacks/is attackingéconomie→economyde→ofparce que→becauseguerre→warcontinue→continues
Les frappes russes détruisent des usines et des routes importantes.

Russian strikes are destroying factories and important roads.

frappes→strikesrusses→Russiandétruisent→are destroyingusines→factorieset→androutes→roadsimportantes→important
Ces attaques causent beaucoup de problèmes pour le travail quotidien.

These attacks cause many problems for daily work.

Ces→theseattaques→attackscausent→causebeaucoup de→many/a lot ofproblèmes→problemspour→fortravail→workquotidien→daily
Le pays a perdu des milliards de dollars à cause des dommages.

The country has lost billions of dollars because of the damage.

pays→countrya perdu→has lostmilliards→billionsà cause de→because ofdommages→damage
Les entreprises ne peuvent pas vendre leurs produits facilement.

Companies cannot sell their products easily.

entreprises→companies/businessesne... pas→notpeuvent→can/are ablevendre→to sellleurs→theirproduits→productsfacilement→easily
Le transport des marchandises est devenu très difficile et lent.

Transporting goods has become very difficult and slow.

marchandises→goodsest devenu→has becometrès→verydifficile→difficultet→andlent→slow
L'Ukraine essaie de protéger ses entreprises malgré les bombes.

Ukraine tries to protect its businesses despite the bombs.

essaie→tries/is tryingde→toprotéger→to protectses→itsentreprises→businesses/companiesmalgré→despitebombes→bombs
Cette situation économique est une autre forme de guerre totale.

This economic situation is another form of total war.

Cette→thiséconomique→economicest→isune→oneautre→other/anotherforme→formguerre→wartotale→total
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usine
factory
"L'usine produit des voitures."
marchandise
goods/merchandise
"Le camion transporte la marchandise."
dommage
damage
"La tempête a causé beaucoup de dommages."
vendre
to sell
"Il veut vendre sa vieille maison."
malgré
despite
"Il marche dehors malgré la pluie."
milliards
billions
"Le projet coûte deux milliards d'euros."
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