![]() Not long after, Russian troops were ordered back to their permanent bases and the sense of alarm eased.īut those orders also required Russian troops to leave their heavy weaponry in Crimea and the Voronezh region bordering Ukraine, where it would already be in place if the forces returned - which they did. military raised an alert of a “potential imminent crisis” arising from Russian drills near the Ukrainian border. It was back on March 31 of last year when the U.S. The path to war was convoluted - but also inexorable. Russia alternately added and subtracted troops along the border, diplomacy seemed to make progress until it didn’t, Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed restrained, then not, then maybe, then not. But it’s a dynamic, fluid situation,” Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Friday.Īnd so it has been for much of the past year. “It’s not apparent to us that the Russians over the last 24 hours have been able to execute their plans as they deemed that they would. and other Western accounts, has put up a more tenacious fight than many thought possible against the neighboring superpower. ![]() Russia unleashed a broader, larger invasion than almost anyone had predicted. ![]() ![]() In the conflict’s earliest days, each side has managed to surprise the other.
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