Russia expected to capture Kyiv in 3 days. Four years later, Ukraine is still standing.

In February 2022, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine believing the government would collapse within hours. A premature “victory” article published by Russian state media revealed just how confident the Kremlin was. Instead, Ukrainian resistance stopped the assault on Kyiv, destroyed the 64 km convoy, and defended Hostomel Airport in the opening days of the war.

In this mini-documentary :

The war did not end in days. It reshaped Europe, expanded NATO, and transformed modern warfare through drones, open-source intelligence, and information resilience.

Four years into the invasion, as battlefield momentum slows, Russia increasingly targets Ukrainian energy infrastructure and civilians, using cold as a weapon while Ukraine continues adapting in both conventional and information warfare.