How Capable is Ukraine's Military?

January 26, 2022 00:27:59
How Capable is Ukraine's Military?
Modern War Institute
How Capable is Ukraine's Military?

Jan 26 2022 | 00:27:59

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Show Notes

From 2016 to 2018, Colonel Liam Collins played a key role in US efforts to assist the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense with a series of substantial reforms—ranging from organization and command and control to military training, medicine, and logistics. That experience gives him a unique perspective from which to assess the capabilities of Ukraine's military. With tensions rising amid a Russian troop buildup along its border with Ukraine, he joins the MWI Podcast to share that perspective.

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