Local experts explain the events leading up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. (WFRV) – The situation in Ukraine seems sudden and extreme for many but local experts warn this has been brewing for years.

Heidi Sherman, a History Professor and the chair of the History Program at UW – Green Bay said, “This conflict that’s happening between Russians and Ukrainians is a conflict that’s rising out of the collapse of the Soviet Union.”

Sherman said the two groups are ethnically similar and this conflict started to come to a head in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea.

Source: Local experts explain the events leading up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, WFRV