SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS – Two years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his armed forces to attack Ukraine. Putin called it a “Special Military Operation,” and by several accounts he anticipated a swift victory and was surprised by the tenacity of the Ukrainian resistance and unified response of the NATO alliance.
One year ago, at the one-year mark of the war, Ukraine could count several battlefield achievements: a successful defense of the capital, Kyiv, in the early days of the war; late-2022 routs of the Russians in Kharkhiv and Kherson; huge rates of Russian casualties; and a robust blend of financial, military and political support from the U.S. and Europe.
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