'Ukraine: One Year Later' Topic Of Southington Forum

SOUTHINGTON, CT — One year removed from Russia's brutal invasion of democratic Ukraine, a Connecticut-based academic from Ukraine will speak at a special Southington Public Library program.

The library, located at 255 Main St., Southington, will host Olena Lennon, Ph.D., an adjunct professor of political science and national security at the University of New Haven.

Weather permitting, she will speak in the library's café from 6 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, in an event titled "Ukraine: One Year Later," which was rescheduled from a planned Feb. 22 forum.

At the Feb. 28 talk, Lennon is expected to discuss the historical elements of the war and what could happen next.

Ukraine has earned much of the world's support as it has fought bravely against the better-equipped Russian military, whose dictator President Vladamir Putin ordered into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.

Both sides have piled up enormous casualties, with Russian deaths coming at alarming rates as it has struggled to gain ground in Ukraine in a war experts initially thought would take a few weeks.

For more information on the program, click on this link.