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V olodymyr Zelensky on Friday hailed Ukraine’s “furious year of invincibility” against Vladimir Putin’s invasion before solemnly presenting awards to the families of soldiers who fell fighting to defend their country. On the first anniversary of Putin’s war, with atrocities that have appalled the world, the Ukrainian president told how February 24, 2022, was the “longest day of our lives”. Kyiv had been expected to fall within days to the sheer might of the Russian army after its snaking lines of armoured vehicles rolled across the border from Belarus towards the capital. But, against all odds, it didn’t. Ukraine War...
