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The best army Ukraine has ever had. Changes in Ukraine’s armed forces since the Russian aggression. OSW Studies 66, July 2017

Wilk, Andrzej (2017) The best army Ukraine has ever had. Changes in Ukraine’s armed forces since the Russian aggression. OSW Studies 66, July 2017. UNSPECIFIED.

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    Abstract

    The annexation of Crimea by Russia and the first weeks of the war in the Donbas revealed what Ukraine’s armed forces were in reality – a petrified structure, incapable of any effective action in the face of minimal enemy engagement. A considerable section of the armed forces’ personnel gradually became aware of whom they were representing only in the course of the conflict and it was not rare that from the perspective of service in one of post-Soviet military districts they sided with Russia.

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    Subjects for non-EU documents: Countries > Russia
    Countries > Ukraine
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) > OSW Studies
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 11 Aug 2017 14:08
    Number of Pages: 44
    Last Modified: 11 Aug 2017 14:08
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/88537

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