Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has lasted longer than the Soviet Union’s fight against Nazi Germany.
The Soviet army spent 1,418 days, from June 22, 1941 to May 9, 1945, battling Hitler’s troops across Europe, eventually pushing them from the banks of the Volga to Berlin.
As President Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine marked its 1,419th day on Monday, his troops remain bogged down in the Donetsk region, just 30 miles from where they launched their offensive in February 2022.
