Ukrainians are marking one year to the day since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of their country. It was about five in the morning when Putin's military fired off the first in a series of missile attacks targeting locations around Kyiv, as well as the city of Kharkiv close to the Russian border. They planned to take the entire country in days.
But a year on, a grinding war of attrition has set in, along a thousand-kilometer front line. Let's take a look at how Moscow's initial plan faltered - and what the next steps might look like as it ramps up a new offensive.

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