Armies of Russia s War in Ukraine 1st Edition by Mark Galeotti 9781472833457 1472833457

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• ISBN 10: 1472833457
• ISBN 13: 9781472833457
• Author:  Mark Galeotti

Explaining and illustrating the immediate background to the current Russian invasion of Ukraine, this book investigates the Ukrainian and Russian regular and irregular forces which have been fighting in the Donbas region since 2014. In February 2014, street protests in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities led to the ousting of the Russian-backed President Yanukovych. Simultaneously, Russia carried out an almost-bloodless seizure of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. Ukraine’s ‘Euromaidan Revolution’ would see many changes to the country’s constitution, and a turn towards the West for civic assistance and military training. Meanwhile, a violent reaction in the mainly Russian-speaking south-eastern industrial Donbas region led to a local armed counter-revolution, backed by Russia from April 2014. This conflict became an essential example of Russia’s policy of so-called ‘hybrid warfare’, which pursues its strategic aims by a blend of propaganda and misinformation with the clandestine deployment of Special Forces and regular troops, alongside ‘deniable’ proxies and mercenaries. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s efforts to reform its government culminated in the landslide election of President Zelensky in April 2019. Using his extensive contacts in both Russia and Ukraine, Prof Mark Galeotti presents a thorough and intriguing primer on all the forces involved in the conflict up to 2018. Supported by orders-of-battle, colour photos and specially commissioned artwork, his book also analyses the background and the stuttering progress of the war, and addresses the Russian military capabilities which are today being tested in all-out battle.

Table contents:

Taking Crimea
War in the Donbas
The Rebels
The Donetsk People’s Militia
Units
The reformed DNR I Army Corps
The Luhansk People’s Militia
Units
Luhansk II Army Corps
Russian Regular Forces
The Battle of Debaltseve
Build-Up of Forces
Command and Control
Battalion Tactical Groups
Arms and Equipment
Ukrainian Regular Forces
A Bitter Legacy
Reforming the Military – Ground Forces
Arms and Equipment
Navy and Air Force
The SBU, MVS and National Guard
Ukrainian Militias
Overview: Crowdsourcing National Defense
Units
National Guard & Special Police Patrol Units
The Future
Select Bibliography

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