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Smoke and flames rise on the Economy Department building of Karazin Kharkiv National University during the shelling in Kharkiv, as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, on March 2, 2022. Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images
As the Russian war machine trundled into Ukraine, the cacophony of international protest seemed to momentarily drown out the sound of Russian bombs falling on hospitals and kindergartens.
Andrew Thornebrooke is a former national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.