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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2025 – 7:15 AM

On 24 February 2022, Russian forces, that had been amassed on the northern and eastern border of Ukraine, crossed with the hope of an almost immediate collapse of resistance. Having failed to take Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, the Russian forces withdrew from the north and concentrated in the eastern sector.

New methods of fighting, using drones effectively for intelligence gathering as well as precision bombardment, have changed the entire concept of warfare.

Professor Jason Duncan from Aquinas College, returns to Breakfast Club to sort out the many facts for us on the third anniversary of the invasion and welcomes questions.

Invocation: Eric Nelson
Introduction: Paul Chardoul

Ukraine

1. “The war is started by career soldiers, and finished by teachers, engineers and accountants.” – General Valery Zaluzhny (Ukraine’s top commander in May 2024)

2. “We must increase fire, not ceasefire.” – Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis

3. “Ukraine is part of Europe. And Europe cannot be whole without Ukraine.” – Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an address to the European Parliament on 28 September 2024