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From the Internet webzine "Coffee or Die" this article by Nolan Peterson | November 17, 2021.

Pay PARTICULAR and CLOSE attention to that date!

"A BRIEF HISTORY OF RUSSIA’S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE"

THE UKRAINE CONFLICT AS TO THIS EXACT MOMENT IT CAN BE SUGGESTED BEGAN IN 2014. SINCE THAT TIME UNTIL FEBRUARY 2022 BASICALLY A STALEMATED TRENCH WARFARE TYPE SITUATION WITHOUT RESOLUTION.

"KYIV, Ukraine — After more than seven years of constant combat, the war in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region is far from over. This week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had amassed some 100,000 troops in Ukraine’s periphery. According to some, that buildup could signal Moscow’s intent to launch an offensive in the coming weeks or months."

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MORE IMPORTANTLY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS EXTRACTED:

"At that time [2014], the Ukrainian military was a ragtag force, able to field only about 6,000 combat-ready soldiers. Equipment reserves had been depleted by decades of plundering by corrupt oligarchs and arms dealers. With Ukraine’s regular army on its heels, Ukrainian civilians filled the ranks of irregular combat units that set out for the war zone. Meanwhile, legions of volunteers collected and delivered supplies to support the front-line troops — often at great risk to themselves. This grassroots resistance movement underscored a widespread attitude of self-reliance among Ukrainian citizens who were unwilling to wait for the government to act in a moment of crisis."

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Ukrainian military expanded forty times in a period of seven years? Unheard of? Seems now to be a rather competent and well-led professional force with some tough guys willing and able to do the job. The Ukrainian wants to be and now is the Slavic military version of Switzerland or Israel?

See also the prior blog entry the topic being "Franko". American West Point graduate fighting [and dying] in one of the irregular combat units.

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