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.
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ISBN
9781472833464
Publisert
2020
Utgave
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Vendor
Osprey Publishing
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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