It's been one year since President Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion and air war against neighboring Ukraine. The fighting has likely left hundreds of thousands of people dead and displaced almost 16 million from their homes.
But this war's roots actually go back much further than the Feb. 24, 2022 invasion. I've traveled to Ukraine repeatedly since Putin first sent troops across the border in 2014, in a smaller-scale incursion that helped him illegally seize control of Ukraine's southern Crimean Peninsula. Eight months before Putin launched his ongoing full-scale invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy led me through trenches in the east of his country and he warned clearly of Putin's intentions.
His dire predictions have been proven over a year of brutal warfare unlike anything Europe has seen since World War II. We've met the fighters defending Ukraine against a much larger Russian army, and the civilians whose lives have been turned upside down by that fight.
I'm ready to answer your questions about covering the war, how the battle has changed over the last 12 months, and what may come next.
EDIT: Thank you for your questions, everyone! Watch my latest report from Kherson, Ukraine, where citizens continue to live under fire from Russian artillery, on Sunday's 60 Minutes. Here's a preview: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/kherson-under-fire-sunday-on-60-minutes/
