February 2023 marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad, the turning point in Russia’s four-year war with Germany.
More Ukrainians died or were wounded fighting for Stalin and Russia, then the Soviet Union, than the combined WW2 losses of the United States, Great Britain, and France.
Source: Iain MacGregor, The Spectator, 21 February 2023.
blueprint brief – 24th February 2023