The prolonged stalemate of Minsk II has provided the Ukrainian military ample opportunity to address a series of longstanding challenges stretching back to the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych. While it is clear that the Ukrainian military has improved since its disastrous defeat at Debaltseve in February 2015, evaluating the real effect of ongoing reforms is slightly more difficult due to the current stalemate in the Donbas. Plus, the military hasn’t really been tested in battle since the reforms were put into place.Another part of that difficultly resides in understanding just how far the Ukrainian military had come leading up to …read more
Source: Atlantic Council