A year in hell: Ukraine remembers the day the Russians came into forceA thoughtful silence usually ensues when you ask people in Ukraine where they were and what they were doing the day Russia dropped the pretense and launched an all-out invasion. CBC News has covered the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the start. But there is a difference between how the West remembers 9/11 and how Ukrainians remember the beginning of the Russian war. Hughes, 20, now a volunteer in Ukraine with Canadian charity HUGS, was working construction in Calgary at the time. “I actually want to live in Ukraine after the war and see how it flourishes and how it is rebuilt.

Source: CBC News February 24, 2023 16:41 UTC