A 'once-in-a-generation' storm across the country was intensifying on Friday as blizzard conditions and hurricane-strength winds grounded flights and left nearly 1.5 million homes without power.

It’s been nine months since Russia launched its “special operation” in Ukraine in what President Vladimir Putin claimed was done to "de-Nazify" the region. Since February, millions of Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries, while others, unable to leave, have taken shelter in train stations and in the basements of buildings from heavy shelling and invading forces.