Looking back on key moments of the war in Ukraine
NBC Newsยท2025-08-14 02:29
At 5:00 a. m. on February 24th, 2022, Vladimir Putin ordered his army to invade Ukraine.He launched missiles and sent attack helicopters. It was the biggest invasion in Europe since World War II. >> President Putin hoped his overwhelming force would capture Ukraine in one fell swoop and make it part of Russia forever.Putin said Ukraine shouldn't exist despite decades of independence from the Soviet Union. In Ukraine's capital, Keev, an exodus began. Women and children loaded onto trains to be refugees.Men s ...