Friday (February 24) marks exactly a year since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, sending hundreds of thousands of troops into the country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops into the country following a pre-dawn televised address, in which he demanded Ukraine's military to lay down their arms. He called the attack a 'special military operation'. In the early hours of February 24, air sirens could be heard ringing out as the first missiles struck the capital of Kyiv.
According to the latest statistics from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, more than 7,000 civilians have been killed in the war as of February 12 2023, while almost 12,000 have been injured. Many soldiers, both Ukrainian and Russian, have also lost their lives.
