Putin has ‘imperial ambitions’ involving Ukraine, historian says
As the war between Ukraine and Russia continues into its second week, clues to the conflict can be found in history, according to a Ukrainian historian.
Oksana Dudko is the Petro Jacyk Postdoctoral Fellow in Ukrainian Studies at St. Thomas More College in Saskatoon. She’s an expert on the history of violence, with a special focus on the history of Ukraine, the Soviet Union and Ukraine-Russia relations.
When she began her studies, she said she did not know where they — or world events — would lead.
“I could never (have) imagined that now I’d be witnessing the major war in Europe,” she said.