The big decisive battle that will start soon is a battle between flexible NATO type and big ship cannonism
Creating a young Ukrainian defense system
In comparison of military power between Ukraine and Russia, the difference between large national power (2020 world GDP = total domestic production ranking: Russia 11th, Ukraine 55th) and military spending (Russia is 13 times that of Ukraine) , The power of the Russian army overwhelms the Ukrainian army.
However, the overwhelmingly dominant Russian army struggled due to the tenacious resistance of the Ukrainian army, and the Ukrainian army is fighting well against the inferiority of the force.
The key is that the Ukrainian army has been converting from the Soviet army to the NATO (Western) army with the aim of standardizing NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and creating a compact and mobile unit. ..
Ukraine is a young country that has just entered its thirties in terms of human beings who celebrated the 30th anniversary of independence on August 24, 2021.
After the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the country was established by succeeding the territory of one of its constituent republics, the “Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic”, and is completely a free and self-determining country whose territory is its geographical area. It is an independent sovereign state.
During the former Soviet Union era during the Cold War, Ukraine was positioned as a military front and deployed troops with a strong aggressive character. It became.
However, with the independence of 1991, the Ukrainian army, whose main task was national defense, no longer needed the military organization and equipment of the former Soviet Union, which had aggressive and large-scale troops.
The policy was changed to build an army specializing in national defense and according to national power and national circumstances.
Then, in 1996, five years after independence, Ukraine completed the transition from the former Soviet-style military to a military organization whose main task was national defense.
Military reform aimed at conversion to NATO type army
After that, the “Military Force Development Plan” formulated in February 2000 aimed at NATO standardization and the formation of compact and highly mobile units. It promoted military reforms such as reduction of troops and abolition of use of aging equipment.
The total number of military personnel and civilians, which was about 700,000 in 1996, was reduced to 184,000 at the end of 2012, and it was planned to reduce it to 100,000 in the future.
However, due to the deterioration of the situation in eastern Ukraine, the total capacity was expanded to about 250,000 in 2015.
In addition, the defense plan was reviewed with the cooperation of NATO from 2002 to 2003, and in June 2004, the “Strategic Defense Report” was published, which clarified the direction and final goals of future military reforms. rice field.