Thursday February 24 at dawn, Vladimir Putin appears on Russian television screens. With a hard face and a firm tone, the president announces a “special military operation” in Ukraine. A few minutes later, the Russian troops advance in the country which they still have not left to this day. The bombings follow. The number of victims swells over the hours. Civilians are not spared from repeated attacks. The international community is shocked by the images that come to him from a conflict whose origin escapes him. “Denazify Ukraine”,…