Russia’s long-feared invasion of Ukraine continues to rage on from Vladimir Putin’s announcement of his “special military operation” against the country in the early hours of 24 February, the Russian leader declaring, groundlessly, a need to “demilitarise and de-Nazify” the neighbouring state after eight years of fighting in the Donbas.
As Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky leads by example from Kyiv, tirelessly rallying the international community for support and refusing to surrender so much as one square inch of territory, his people mount an impressive resistence, holding back Russia’s armed forces and preventing the walkover Mr Putin appeared to have assumed was assured.
