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Russia Has Launched a Full-Scale Attack on Ukraine

A brutal act of war is about to unfold

Kristina Segarra
4 min readFeb 25, 2022
Photo by Kevin Schmid on Unsplash

As the world keeps a watchful eye on Putin’s military operations, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues to escalate.

Russia has now launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. We’re talking about the invasion not just on the east border, but also on the north and west borders, reaching as far as the major cities of Kyiv and Odesa.

As a result, 40 Ukrainian soldiers and 10 civilians have died. Scared for their lives, thousands of residents were forced to flee.

President of Ukraine, Zelinsky, has declared a state of emergency and announced martial law by distributing weapons to Ukrainian citizens who wished to protect their country.

All the predictions that the US had on the line up until this point has become true. Critics have pointed out it’s the largest forceful military operation carried out by Putin since World War II.

Putin’s tight grip

When Putin’s troops attacked eastern Ukraine and took over Donetsk and Luhansk, I had hoped that he would later change his mind. After he declared these two cities separatist and independent, he called for peaceful negotiations. During that time, I imagined that Biden’s…

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Kristina Segarra
Kristina Segarra

Written by Kristina Segarra

Freelance health/wellness/self-improvement writer, musician, mom of two boys.

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