With the Russian threat in mind, NATO prepares for a different kind of war On June 13, the sounds of gunfire and controlled detonations thundered within the abandoned apartment blocks at this former Soviet radar station about 90 miles to the northeast of Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. 2 910 0 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine
How does one get to be an expert? My defence and security expertise has come about by chance not by design. I would need a whole book to tell you how it came, but I shall try to illustrate with a few stories where my knowledge and understanding came from. 40 526 46 Society
Military strategy of Ukraine The Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces have grown and changed significantly in 2015, so in order to evaluate the vectors of their development we should look at priorities and major achievements year-end. So, what has changed to better and to worse, where does it stagnate; where do words and actions differ? This is especially important after the state budget for 2016 was approved, with its record 5 percent of the GDP allocated for the defense sector. The society needs to see and understand how the budget funds are spent. We will try to analyze what has been done at the major directions of the Defense Ministry’s development. 59 489 77 Ukrainian Politics