Prologue: Our truth -- Part I: The chef -- The decline and fall of the Russian Empire -- You say you want a revolution? -- Red terror -- Part II: The soldier -- A not-so-brief history of Ukraine -- Holodomor -- Great patriotic war -- Part III: The spy -- Cold War -- Soviet collapse -- A new Tsar -- Part IV: The actor -- Orange Revolution -- Maidan -- Servant of the people -- Worlds collide -- Epilogue: Not yet lost

"It is late on the evening of Monday, February 25th, 2022, and Kyiv is burning. The unthinkable has happened. The Russians have invaded Ukraine. Land war has come to Europe, on a scale that has not been seen since the end of the Second World War. Since this date, Russia has enacted a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, led by its leader, president Vladimir Putin. Ukraine has fought back in turn, led by their president, Volodymyr Zelensky-defending their homeland and its independent customs, people, history, and language. Putin vs Zelensky by Ben Thompson chronicles the history of Ukraine and the events that set in motion the Russian invasion and ongoing, present-day war, as told through the stories and heritage of the conflict's two key players: Volodomyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin"-- Provided by publisher

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