Lopes: These are the 10 most important dates in the Ukrainian war. Two years ago, on February 24, 2022, Putin announced the start of a special military operation in Ukraine.

About 10,000 civilians and about 200,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers were killed, according to Ukrainian and Western sources. Lopes magazine reviews 10 dates that it considered to have constituted decisive moments in this conflict that continues until now. The magazine: The annexation of 4 Ukrainian states gave Russia the opportunity to threaten to use nuclear weapons to defend “its lands”