A year in 10 minutes: the key moments of the drama in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion

In the early morning of February 24, 2022, after weeks of rounding up soldiers at the border and claiming that these were just military exercises, Vladimir Poutine gave the order to attack Ukrainian cities and infrastructure by air and water and to launch an invasion by land. The Russian president called it a cynical understatement: “Special military operation”. The world was absorbed in an armed invasion in Europe after decades in which armed conflicts in this territory seemed a sad memory.

The quick military excursion that Putin dreamed of to conquer territory and overthrow Volodimir Zelensky it was quickly proven unworkable by fierce Ukrainian resistance with military support from the United States and European powers. The war has spread its wake of terror and bloodshed throughout the Ukrainian territory. More than 18 million people they had to leave their homes and seek refuge in safer areas or flee to other countries.

A year later, UN-confirmed civilian deaths exceed those 8 thousand and the wounded 18 thousand. But the unconfirmed actual numbers would more than double those numbers. Meanwhile, different sources claim that Russia would have lost almost 200 millions soldiers in combat and Ukraine close to 100 million.

It has been months since war has become the usual scene in this corner of the world. While life in kyiv has resumed an almost normal rhythm, in the east of the country, in the Donbass region, the fighting is bloody. The military equipment that NATO provided to Zelensky served to contain the Russian advance and force it to retreat. But not yet to the final withdrawal which for Putin would be a humiliation.

This mini-documentary produced by the audiovisual team of GlobeLiveMedia summarizes the fundamental events that have taken place during this year.

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