The worst has finally happened in the Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russian President Vladimir Putin has managed to carry out his threat to strike Ukraine, sparking a wave of sanctions which were imposed on him by the international community. Russia launched an offensive in the early hours of Thursday, 24 February 2022, not long after Putin declared war and vowed to retaliate against anyone intervening in their invasion. Air and missile strikes were launched in cities and military bases in Ukraine before tanks rolled in across the country’s border, following weeks of escalating tensions. Putin’s Uk…