DEEP DIVE — The primary bulletins hit late within the night of February 23, 2022 within the U.S., and simply earlier than daybreak on the twenty fourth in japanese Europe: Russian troops had crossed into Ukraine; Russia was firing missiles and dropping bombs on Ukrainian cities; and Russian chief Vladimir Putin had introduced a “particular navy operation” to “defend the folks” of japanese Ukraine from what he referred to as a “genocide” being carried out by the “Nazi” authorities in Kyiv. The “denazification” and “demilitarization” of Ukraine had been Putin’s causes for launching the invasion, he stated, although he additionally stated his troops had been coming into Ukraine as “peacekeepers.”
It was a parade of falsehoods backed by huge pressure – the start of the most important battle in Europe since World Struggle II.
