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Miriam Burrell

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has failed, Ministry of Defence says

February 24 will mark one year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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Russia’s almost year-long invasion of Ukraine has “failed to meet any of its operational and strategy objectives”, the Ministry of Defence has said.

On February 24 last year Russia launched the invasion “almost exactly as predicted”, defence intelligence said on Friday, as it reflected on one year since releasing an update warning of President Putin’s large-scale invasion.

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