"Everyone knew it was imminent but no one believed," a local Ukrainian journalist said, comparing the invasion to how Israel might have felt before the Yom Kippur War.
People walk at the border crossing between Poland and Ukraine, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in eastern Ukraine, in Medyka, Poland, February 24, 2022. (photo credit: KACPER PEMPEL/REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMANUpdated: