Re: [politics] New York Times on ukrainian military capabilities

From: Michael Kulyk ([email protected])
Date: Sat Mar 01 2014 - 19:23:59 EST


i love this analysis - ripe for NATO takeover

Matthew Clements, editor of Jane’s Intelligence Review, said that while the Ukrainian military was largely underfunded, “in a major land war, it would be fighting on reasonable terms,” and was “far more capable than the Georgian army.” Any major conflict with Ukraine, he said, “would also expose a lot of key weaknesses in the Russian army.”

On Mar 1, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Francine Ponomarenko <[email protected]> wrote:

> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/02/world/europe/ukraine-finds-its-forces-are-ill-equipped-to-take-crimea-back-from-russia.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0



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