A special military operation."
Putin called it a "military special operation".
But it is clear that this is a full-scale invasion.
Russian troops and tanks invaded Ukraine on all fronts.
All these cities are attacked, including the capital Kiev
, which became Putin's main target.
There were hundreds of victims and more than half a million Ukrainians
had to leave their homeland.
It is one of the biggest wars in Europe since World War II.
Since then, the map of Europe has been shaped by political alliances.
But now Putin wants to redraw the map of Europe by force.
Putin has long said that Ukraine belongs to Russia and that they are one people.
Ukraine was part of the Russian Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries.
In 1917 the Russian Revolution overthrew the empire
, and the region plunged into civil war.
Ukraine briefly gains independence from Russian rule
but was quickly adopted by the newly formed Soviet Union
as one of the first republics.
Over the next decade, the Soviet Union greatly expanded its control.
And when World War II ended, he created a sphere of influence here.
While the West has retained its influence here.
Essentially division of Europe and start of the Cold War.
The Soviet Union installs the communist regime on its side
that were easy to check.
But the West became democracies with capitalist economies.
The deep ideological division fueled distrust and tensions between the two sides.
And soon these spheres hardened into military alliances.
In 1949 these countries were along with USA and Canada
and vowed to protect each other from invasion.
A few years later, these countries joined the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact alliance.
And each side built up its army to protect itself from the other.
Europe stayed that way for decades, until finally one side collapsed.
In late 1991, republics such as Ukraine began to declare their independence from Soviet rule.
The Soviet Union broke up into 15 independent states, including a much weaker Russia.
Although the Cold War ended In the alliance was still strong on the other side of Europe.
In fact, it expanded. in 1999, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic joined NATO.
In 2004, seven more countries joined.This brought NATO into the former Soviet
But both Ukraine and Georgia have long wanted to join NATO.
And that made them prime targets for Russia.
Ukraine became a NATO partner in 1994 which brought them one step closer to
membership. And in 2013 they wanted to sign an association agreement with the
European Union. But when it came time to sign the deal The pro-Russian
government of Ukraine refused.nstead, they chose to strengthen ties with Russia.
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets after the decision was
announced with a request to sign a contract.
After months of peaceful protests, the President of Ukraine cracked down
and killed over 100 people. Beginning of new protests that finally overthrow the
President and the country.
This meant Putin would lose political influence over Ukraine.
So he decided to use force instead.
First, he invaded and annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.
Then, Russia-backed separatists captured the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk
and declared them independent of Ukraine.
Since then, Ukraine has been locked in a conflict with Russia that has killed 14,000 people
and displaced nearly 2 million people.
For nearly eight years, Putin has held on to these regions
destabilizing Ukraine, and keeping it from moving closer to the west.
But in November 2021, Putin decided to go all in.
Satellite images showed at least 100,000 Russian troops and military equipment
piling up along the border of Ukraine.
Putin repeatedly denied any plans to invade.
But weeks later, he presented his demands to the west.
His main demand was that NATO stop expanding
and move its military borders back to where they were in 1997
away from Russia’s.
Western leaders rejected his demands.
Instead, they put forces on standby and reinforced their military presence in Eastern Europe.
Back at Ukraine’s border, Russian troops continued to gather.
And over here, along its border with Belarus, Russia began conducting huge military drills.
On February 21st, the threat of war became real.
His troops immediately crossed the Ukrainian border into Russian-backed separatist regions
under the pretense of peacekeeping.
Ukraine has declared a state of emergency
and President Zelensky appeals directly to the Russian people.
hours later on February 24th
Putin launches full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
world leaders spoke out against the Russian invasion.
anti-war protests broke out worldwide.
Also in Russia, despite threats of arrest.
Neighboring countries have opened their borders
when hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians try to flee.
For the first time in history, NATO Response Force was deployed.
The USA sends additional troops to Eastern Europe. But in many ways the world
moves cautiously. Putin controls the largest nuclear arsenal in the world and has
already threatened
anyone who might intervene.
"Whoever tries to stop us
should know that Russia's response will be immediate."
"And will lead to such consequences
that you have never faced in your history."
This is why countries around the world are imposing some of the toughest economic
sanctions to slow down Putin. And sending tons of military aid to support Ukraine.
For the time being, Russian forces advance deeper, but Ukraine strikes back.
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