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Barbara Alpern Engel

TOPSHOT – A military instructor teaches civilians holding wooden replicas of Kalashnikov rifles, as they take part in a training session at an abandoned factory in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on January 30, 2022. – As fears grow of a potential invasion by Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s border, within the framework of the training there were classes on tactics, paramedics, training on the obstacle course. The training is conducted by instructors with combat experience, members of the public initiative “Total Resistance”. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Barbara Alpern Engel: Russia-Ukraine tensions are best understood through historical lens

February 3, 2022 at 4:31 p.m.

This lengthy and complicated history helps to explain why Vladimir Putin sees Ukraine as belonging to Russia鈥檚 sphere of influence.