EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – What we are witnessing in Ukraine is a tragedy that, just a few months ago, many considered unthinkable – no, unimaginable: a large-scale land war on the European continent via the invasion of a neutral and peaceful country by a far-superior military power.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order to attack Ukraine followed months of military build-up in the territory between the Russian Federation and the Union State of Belarus, under the disguise of a military exercise.
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