Settling an old grudge that went back to the winter of 2014. when revolution was in the air in kyiv. an opposition movement looking west and embracing democracy, and taken to the streets to demand that ukraine s then pro russian president stepped down. it was known as the maidan revolution. named after kyiv s main square. this woman was among the protesters. we became a family on the revolution. we saw that we could do everything, we can change ukraine, we choose the european path. [speaking foreign language]
Counterattack was soon inflicting heavy russian losses. within the first month of the war, nato said russia lost up to 15,000 troops. as many losses as the country suffered, during a decade in afghanistan. but putin didn t seem to care how many troops needed to be sacrificed. for him, conquering ukraine was key to his goal of restoring soviet glory. it was also personal. settling an old grudge that went back to the winter of 2014. when the revolution was in the air in kyiv. an opposition movement looking west and embracing democracy,
Lost up to 15,000 troops. as many losses as the country suffered, during a decade in afghanistan. but putin didn t seem to care how many troops needed to be sacrificed. for him, conquering ukraine was key to his goal of restoring soviet glory. it was also personal. settling an old grudge that went back to the winter of 2014. when the revolution was in the air in kyiv. an opposition movement looking west and embracing democracy, and taking to the streets to demand that ukraine s then pro russian president stepped down. it was known as the maidan revolution. named after kyiv s