<figure id="attachment_231706" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1000px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-231706"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="245d29f8"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/02/00f6c8ead720661b198fe3f5aa63c432.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-231706" class="wp-caption-text">Mr. Putin at the age of 14. At the time, he was living with his grandparents, away from his parents. Photo provided by &#8220;The Hidden Career of the Russian President.</figcaption></figure>
 Russian troops raided Ukraine in the early morning hours of February 24.
 According to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, at 6:00 a.m., the Russians began bombing airports and military facilities with about 1,600 cruise missiles. Explosions were confirmed in at least 25 cities, including the capital Kiev, the second largest city Kharkiv, and the southern bay city Odessa. More than 40 Ukrainian soldiers and 137 civilians are said to have been killed (all as of February 25).
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 At about the same time, Russian President Vladimir Putin (69) delivers an emergency speech. I have repeatedly said that there is a red line, a line that must not be crossed. We have repeatedly said that there is a red line that must not be crossed, and they have crossed it,&#8221; he said, explaining the reason for declaring the military operation.
 The Ukrainians are attacking pro-Russian areas. The nightmare of mass murder of millions of people who put their hope in Russia must be stopped.
 President Putin has told us that there will be no occupation of Ukrainian territory, but we are not supposed to believe him. The war front has expanded rapidly, including the occupation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. There are fears of a full-scale conflict with the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Professor Nakamura Itsuro of Tsukuba University, an expert on the situation in Russia, sounded the alarm.
 Russia has also suggested the use of nuclear weapons. There is a risk that this will be the worst war in human history, surpassing World War II.
<h2>Suggesting the Use of Nuclear Weapons</h2>
<figure id="attachment_231718" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1505px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-231718"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="8b56fa05"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/02/aflo_15094450.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-231718" class="wp-caption-text">In August 1991, Mr. Putin was 38 years old. He was an assistant to the president of Leningrad University.</figcaption></figure>
 President Putin&#8217;s hard-line stance is based on his belief that Ukraine, which is close to NATO, is &#8220;an ethnic group like Russia,&#8221; and that Russia established itself as an &#8220;empire&#8221; when the empress Yekaterina II annexed Ukraine in the 18th century. In a paper published in July, President Putin wrote
 Ukraine does not have a tradition of stability as a state. Ukraine&#8217;s true sovereignty can only be realized through an alliance with Russia.
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 Putin&#8217;s hard-line and cautious stance was cultivated from a young age. In May 2008, FRIDAY Digital obtained a photo of President Putin at the age of 14 (first related image). The article also touches on the unknown past.
 President Putin was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in the western part of the former Soviet Union. His father was a mechanical engineer and his mother worked in a factory. His father was a mechanical engineer and his mother worked in a factory. A relative recommended that he learn judo, and he gradually reformed.
 He studied hard and entered the prestigious Leningrad University Faculty of Law. After graduation, he worked for the KGB, the Soviet Union&#8217;s intelligence agency. Moreover, he worked in Dresden, East Germany, where fierce information warfare took place during the Cold War. For this reason, Mr. Putin is still making efforts to acquire the latest information,&#8221; said a reporter from a national newspaper who has been stationed in Russia.
 President Putin is said to have come to his decision to invade Ukraine after deeply analyzing the situation in other countries. It is believed that President Putin made his decision to invade Ukraine based on a deep analysis of the situation in other countries. The world is watching his future moves closely.
<figure id="attachment_231719" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1676px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-231719"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="dcdbdc16"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/02/aflo_181538868.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-231719" class="wp-caption-text">President Vladimir Putin declares the implementation of military operations on February 24.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_231720" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 5000px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-231720"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="111f1c14"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/02/aflo_181573644.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-231720" class="wp-caption-text">Russian troops invade Ukraine.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_231721" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 7896px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-231721"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="ffa8a0ed"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/02/aflo_181566726.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-231721" class="wp-caption-text">The people of Ukraine are at their wits&#8217; end after being attacked by Russian troops.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_231723" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 7747px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-231723"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="595bca67"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/02/aflo_181559021.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-231723" class="wp-caption-text">Ukraine&#8217;s second largest city, Kharkiv, is engulfed in black smoke after being attacked by Russian troops.</figcaption></figure>

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