Military Reform in Ukraine

Abstract

Ukraine became one of the biggest countries in Europe after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and inherited a Soviet-built force that had been designed for conducting combined-arms offensive operations against NATO in Europe as a part of a possible war between powerful empires. The Ukrainian military faced a lot of problems from the very first days of Ukrainian independence. As a new self-governing state Ukraine is building its own armed forces. What was in the past? What is going on now? What is the way for the future development of the armed forces in a young independent state to preserve sovereignty and promote stability in the country? The research paper focuses on the main problems which need to be solved first analyzes them and provides recommendations for the future development of the Ukrainian military.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 2004
Accession Number
ADA424058

Entities

People

  • Oleksandr Kolisnichenko

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Defense
  • Defense Industry
  • Defense Systems
  • Economic Systems
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Investments
  • Market Economy
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Societies
  • Training
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.