Is Europe already at war? Dozens of ordinary Ukrainian people have been killed in a Russian attack. Some say the war between Russia and Ukraine actually involves us all.
Putin does not want peace, experts say
Anguish: Ukraine’s President Zelensky has invited Donald Trump to come and see for himself the destruction wrought by Russia after Sunday’s ballistic missile attack that killed at least 34 people in Sumy (above). Glossary
Palm Sunday - The Christian feast falling on the Sunday before Easter. It celebrates Christ's entry into Jerusalem.
Sumy - A city in northeastern Ukraine, with a population of 256,000.
Missiles - Objects (e.g. a stone, arrow, artillery shell, bullet, or rocket) that are thrown, shot, or launched usually so as to strike something at a distance.
Civilians - People who are not in the army or the police.
Russia - The largest country in the world by area. It has a population of 144 million people.
Ukraine - A country in Eastern Europe. It was invaded by Russia in February 2022.
Vladimir Putin - Russia’s ruler since 2000. He is a strong opponent of the West.
Soviet Union - Officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). A powerful group of communist republics, the biggest being Russia, that existed from 1922 to 1991.
Georgia - A state in the southern USA. Also a country at the intersection of Europe and Asia.
Belarus - Belarus is an eastern European state that is a close ally of Russia. Run by Alexander Lukashenko, it is known as “the last dictatorship in Europe”.
Democracies - Countries which have a system of government based on the idea of rule by the people.
Baltics - The three countries on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.