Armies of Russia's War in Ukraine

by Mark Galeotti, Adam Hook (Illustrator)

Overview

Illustrated investigation of the forces fighting today's civil war in Ukraine, including Russian regular and clandestine units.

Using his extensive contacts in both Russia and Ukraine, and access to a mass of official and unofficial sources, Mark Galeotti presents a thorough and intriguing primer on all the forces involved in the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine. Supported by specially commissioned artwork, he analyzes both the progress of the war, and what it teaches us about Russia's current military capabilities.

In February 2014, street protests in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities led to the ousting of the Russian-backed President Yanukovych. The so-called Euromaidan Revolution saw many changes to the Ukraine's constitution, but the violent reaction in the east and south of the country led to armed counter-revolution, unofficially backed by Russia.

This conflict is the essential example of Russia's new policy of "hybrid warfare", which blends propaganda, misinformation, and the deployment of "deniable" Special Forces and regular troops alongside proxies and mercenaries to achieve its strategic ends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472833440
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	06/18/2019
Series:	Elite , #228
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	678,910
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.10(d)

About the Author

Professor Mark Galeotti, formerly senior lecturer in international history at Keele University, is Clinical Professor of Global Affairs, New York University. He is a former Foreign Office adviser on Russian security affairs, and for 15 years (1991–2006) wrote a monthly column on this for Jane's Intelligence Review. Mark's most recent books for Osprey are ELI 217 The Modern Russian Army 1992–2016 and ELI 197 Russian Security and Paramilitary Forces since 1991.

Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani and Édouard Detaille.

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Taking Crimea 5

War in the Donbas 12

The Rebels 19

The Donetsk People's Militia

Units

The reformed DNR 1 Army Corps

The Luhansk People's Militia

Units

Luhansk II Army Corps

Russian Regular Forces 31

The battle of Debaltseve

Build-up of forces

Command and control

Battalion Tactical Groups

Arms and equipment

Ukrainian Regular Forces 41

A bitter legacy

Reforming the military - Ground Forces

Arms and equipment Navy and Air Force

The SBU, MVS and National Guard

Ukrainian Militias 52

Overview: crowdsourcing national defense

Units

National Guard & Special Police Patrol units

The Future 59

Select Bibliography 63

Index 64