There was global outrage when Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
However, the barbaric act was not the first time Putin had ordered troops to encroach on the sovereign lands of neighbouring nations, with the annexation of Crimea taking place in 2014.
Now, as he holds a pro-war rally in Moscow today to mark eight years since the annexation, it appears that Putin may have expected the invasion of Ukraine to go a little more smoothly.
