Russia invasion of Ukraine Feb. 2022 (video screenshot)
(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) – Russia unleashed a massive assault on Ukraine Thursday morning, attacking its neighbor by land, air, and sea in a dramatic takeover attempt that's already seen dozens of civilian casualties.
President Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion within hours of vowing to "de-Nazify" Ukraine and after weeks of fruitless diplomatic attempts by the West. Shortly after making his announcement, Russian tanks and troops rolled across Ukraine's eastern border, where the first line of Ukraine's defenses were badly battered by a precision missile barrage in an assault U.S. and European leaders feared could pulverize eastern Ukraine and besiege Kyiv in just a few days.
“The Russians have such supremacy that it’s effectively a bulldozer that can, given time, go anywhere," a senior western intelligence official told the Financial Times. "The capability is such that they can take territory almost as quick as they like. The key variable factor is how much the Ukrainians can put up a fight and give Putin a bloody nose.”
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