If a war of words turns into an armed conflict, this is what Ukraine’s military power looks like
the country’s crucial agreement with Turkey, ensuring Turkish military aid to Kiev. Turkey will assist the Ukrainian military as it helped Azerbaijani armed forces during their successful fight against occupying Armenian forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.that Turkey will not be involved in the way it was when Armenia and Azerbaijan went to war.
There are differing accounts regarding who the Ukrainians are due to the country’s complicated history. Some parts of present-day Ukraine were under the former Austro-Hungarian Empire in the past while other parts were ruled by the former Russian Empire and Poland respectively. While “ideologically-motivated” groups such as the Azov might want to fight the Russians, average Ukrainians are “skeptical” toward a fight with Moscow, Simons observes. Having been part of larger Ukrainian society, many Ukrainian soldiers will also have some second-thoughts about fighting, he tellsThe Western bloc wants to believe that with a lot of weapons and manpower, the Ukrainians will not surrender easily to Russians.
In terms of resisting Russia, Ukraine’s problems are not limited to issues of national identify. Moscow is not only a culturally close country to Kiev due to the historical ties between the two Slavic-majority nations with a common Orthodox Christian faith but also a difficult enemy, which has not lost many wars in the last two centuries.
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