Tag: Ukrainian armed forces

Ukraine Live Day 437: Ukraine Reports 26 Attacks Last Night

April 30, 2015
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The Bell
Ukraine
Ukraine At War

Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. An archive of our liveblogs can be found here. For an overview and analysis of this developing story see our latest podcast. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable information service by making a donation towards our costs. For links to individual […]

Ukraine Live Day 436: One Civilian Killed As Fighting Intensifies

April 29, 2015
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Ukraine
Ukraine At War

Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. An archive of our liveblogs can be found here. For an overview and analysis of this developing story see our latest podcast. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable information service by making a donation towards our costs. For links to individual […]

A New Russian Offensive in Ukraine Would Cost Moscow More Casualties than USSR Suffered in Afghanistan

November 7, 2014
Ukraine
Window on Eurasia

Staunton, November 5 – Ever more commentators are suggesting that a new round of Russian military aggression in Ukraine is likely in order to secure a Russian-controlled land corridor to Crimea, an action that some analysts say would cost Russia more killed and wounded than it has suffered in any conflict since World War II. […]

No Basis for Russian Optimism about a Quick Military Victory in Ukraine, Moscow Expert Says

April 3, 2014
Ukraine
Window on Eurasia

Staunton, April 3 – Many Russians and some in the West believe that the Russian military could overrun Ukraine because of its superiority over Ukrainian forces, but such views ignore both the enormous challenges that any occupier of Ukraine would face and the reality that the Ukrainian military is in fact a far more serious […]