Wilk20170701UkraineArmy.html

The best army Ukraine has ever had

Changes in Ukraine's armed forces since the Russian aggression

Contents
Introduction /5
Theses /6
I. The Ukrainian army in the face of Russian aggression /8
II. Defence expenditure /12
III. Manpower /15
IV. The organisation of the Ukrainian armed forces /19
V. Training /22
VI. Equipment /25
Summary /31
Appendix 1. Notes on sources /33
Appendix 2. Structure and home bases of the Land Forces, Airmobile Troops
and Marine Corps (general military units and support units) /35
Appendix 3. The equipment of the Ukrainian armed forces (the basic
categories of armaments according to the Treaty on Conventional Armed
Forces in Europe), as of the beginning of 2017 /38
MAPS /40

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[W.Z. There was glaring error on page 8 of the text, which had switched Ukraine and Russia as indicated below:

-- the Budapest memorandum (5 December 1994), whereby Russia transferred to Ukraine its nuclear weapons and their strategic means of delivery, in exchange for guarantees of the security of Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom (the process of de-nuclearising the Ukrainian armed forces was completed in 2000);

The text ahould be modified to read:

-- the Budapest memorandum (5 December 1994), whereby Ukraine transferred to Russia its nuclear weapons and their strategic means of delivery, in exchange for guarantees of Ukraine's security by Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom (the process of de-nuclearising the Ukrainian armed forces was completed in 2000);