Marek Petras, Director of the Institute of Political Sciences and Administration at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, explained why Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine came as a surprise to the whole world, what the Ukrainian people dazed Western countries with, and how the Russian propaganda was preparing the ground for the military aggression against our country. Mr Petras also made a prediction as to when and under what circumstances this terrible war could end.