President Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed his nation and its people for fighting back against Russia over the past year and said their resistance against Russian occupation “has united the world”. Friday marks the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 – a major escalation of the conflict which began with Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in 2014. Follow our live blog for the latest updates on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).