Putin's Rise: From KGB to Ukraine Invasion #shorts

Added: 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]Oh, and right on New Year's Eve in 1999, Vladimir Putin, a former KGB operative, became the president.

[00:00:09]Putin would eventually engage in the second Chechen War. He would strengthen the Russian economy. He would occupy parts of Georgia and strengthen his occupation of Moldova. And in 2014, he would eventually steal Crimea from Ukraine and then engage in a full-blown invasion in 2022.