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On February 24th, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced in a prerecorded television broadcast that he had ordered "a special military operation" in eastern Ukraine; minutes later, missile strikes occurred at dozens of cities across the country, including Ukraine's capital Kyiv. If you've been following along, as most of the world is, you have seen the resilience and bravery of the Ukrainians defending their homeland. What the Russians thought would be a quick (less than 4 day) event, h …