12 months ago Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his country’s invasion of Ukraine. This is how the brutal conflict has unfolded.
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Not included on map: 134,000 refugees to other European countries. Russia total includes approximately 96,000 people from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions between Feb. 18 and Feb. 23. Totals for all other countries represent arrivals since Feb. 24.People crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee across the Irpin River on the outskirts of Kyiv.Ukrainian soldiers try to save a man after an apparent Russian mortar attack killed Tetiana Perebyinis and her two children in Irpin.
Kyiv’s Western allies had been warning of looming Russian aggression for months. Still, Putin’s decision came as a shock to many in Ukraine and across the world.
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