Two months after the U.S. first warned the world Russia was planning to invade Ukraine, and after weeks of denying he had any plans to do so, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a military operation on Ukraine, one which could change the course of the world, or simply end up repeating history.

What was the sequence of events that led to this? What do Putin and his government say they want? What are India's stakes? Read more here.

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