How four years of Ukraine war have changed Russia. AI-Generated.
Four years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Russia is not the same country it was when its troops first crossed the border. What the Kremlin described as a short “special military operation” has become a grinding, transformative conflict. The war has altered Russia’s political system, economy, social fabric, culture, and global standing in ways that will reverberate for decades.
