It is easy to forget, from the relative safety of Britain, what those first few days of Russia’s full-scale invasion were like. Tanks entered Ukraine a year ago today with the aim of seizing the capital, subjugating its people and installing a pro-Putin, puppet regime in Kyiv. It failed.
Fierce Ukrainian resistance and tens of billions of dollars in military aid from the West have turned the tide, first stopping the Russian advance and then regaining territory. President Volodymyr Zelensky did not flee. Instead, he helped corral his country, drum up Nato unity and inspire much of the world to his side.
