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The Russian Military in the Ukraine Crisis
The newest iteration of Russia’s military doctrine,
signed by President Vladimir Putin in late December 2014, was clearly
written with an eye to Ukraine. The military operation in late February
2014 to secure the Crimean peninsula and the very real—if
deniable—support which Russia provided to the rebel forces in Donbas,
particularly to stop the Ukrainian government offensive in August 2014
have revealed new capabilities and tactics that the Russian military
possesses today. This is a far cry to the army which saw fighting in
Georgia in 2008. The military reform has worked, and Moscow’s foreign
and security policy has begun to practice pre-emption.
There are few studies done by Russian authors, particularly designed for global audiences that take stock of the changes wrought in the Russian military organization, and also analyze the operation of the Russian forces in the current crisis in Ukraine. A book by the younger authors from the Moscow-based Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) does that. Brothers Armed: Military Aspects of the Crisis in Ukraine, edited by CAST’s director Ruslan Pukhov and Colby Howard and published in 2014 by East View Press, Minneapolis, is the latest addition to the CAST series which previously included works on the war in Georgia, the Russian military reform and China’s defense industry.
There are few studies done by Russian authors, particularly designed for global audiences that take stock of the changes wrought in the Russian military organization, and also analyze the operation of the Russian forces in the current crisis in Ukraine. A book by the younger authors from the Moscow-based Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) does that. Brothers Armed: Military Aspects of the Crisis in Ukraine, edited by CAST’s director Ruslan Pukhov and Colby Howard and published in 2014 by East View Press, Minneapolis, is the latest addition to the CAST series which previously included works on the war in Georgia, the Russian military reform and China’s defense industry.
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