(Russia in Global Affairs) – The Military-Political Dimension of the Ukrainian Conflict – The Ukrainian crisis in a way resembles wars of late feudalism in Europe, with private armies formed of assorted mercenaries and retired military of most diverse ethnic, ideological and social affiliations.
The career military, historians, conflict specialists, and experts in international relations are yet to scrutinize the circumstances of the Ukrainian crisis. However, it is possible already now to identify its most important military-political and military-technical characteristics and its impact on similar armed conflicts, especially in the post-Soviet space.
A WAR THAT IS “HYBRID” IN EVERYTHING?
“In a matter of months and even days, a trouble-free state can turn into an arena of bitter armed struggle, fall victim to foreign intervention, and plunge into chaos, humanitarian disaster and civil war,” a Russian general has warned. Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, said this in a scientific report to the Academy of Military Sciences in February 2013. In fact, a year before the operation in Crimea and the subsequent events, the Russian military commander had almost prophetically depicted what happened later in Ukraine. […]
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