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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Neil Steinberg

Ukraine war to be a long haul

University of Notre Dame graduate Joseph Lindsley went to Ukraine in 2020, and for the past year has been reporting on the war almost daily on WGN-AM (720). (Provided)

Friday, it will be one year since Vladimir Putin sent his Russian army crashing into Ukraine.

An unmitigated disaster all too familiar to most. An act of unprovoked aggression conducted to boost the massive ego of an autocrat, the invasion was supposed to be quick and easy. Instead, one year on, it has been terrible for Russia — 200,000 casualties, freedoms scuttled, their country turned into a pariah state.

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