NJ Spotlight News spoke with Alain Sanders, professor emeritus of political science at Saint Peter’s University, about the two-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war and when the conflict might end.
“Unfortunately, what’s happening is we’re reaching a stalemate in the war,” he said. “It’s a long slog, and it’s unclear who is going to get the initiative as the year goes on.”
It’s been two years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has killed hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and Russians. On Friday, the White House hit Russia with sanctions on more than 500 targets tied to both the ongoing war and longtime opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death.
President Biden also blasted Republican members of Congress for taking a two-week break amid stalled negotiations over passing an aid package for Ukraine. House Speaker Mike Johnson has reportedly resisted calls to bring the Senate-passed funding bill up for a vote.
The push for the money comes at a critical point in the conflict with political tensions running high and lives hanging in the balance.
“What’s important, of course, is for both parties to be militarily prepared,” Sanders continued. “So Russia has huge resources that it can use. For Ukraine, they rely mightily on European support and most of all on United States support. And right now, the United States is in the midst of a political campaign, and it’s messing up the possibility of passing legislation that would provide aid to Ukraine.”
