The onset of war in 2014 exposed Ukraine as completely unprepared.
The starting position for Ukraine was extremely unfavorable. Grant’s assessment.Ī number of factors have slowed reforms. These guidelines have been developed by the Ukrainian authorities, often with input from international advisors. Unfortunately, we believe this assessment provides an inaccurate view of the current state of affairs and can create a flawed understanding of the results of post-2014 reforms, including the impact of US military assistance.Īny assessment of Ukraine’s defense reforms should be done with reference to key documents including the Strategic Defense Bulletin, the NATO-Ukraine Annual National Program, the Planning and Review Process (PARP) PGs Package, and the Development Program of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Defense Forces). Indeed, there is currently very little available on this topic in the information space.Ĭonsidering the recent appointment of a promising new Minister of Defense, new armed forces command, and new defence reform roadmaps (a new edition of the strategic defense bulletin has been approved just two months ago), now is a good time to assess the current position.Īlso, we could not help but notice that the most visible English language report about Ukraine’s reform progress currently available is Glen Grant’s work “ Seven years of deadlock” published in June 2021. Ukraine-based analysts owe US readers a better assessment of Ukraine’s defense sector reform progress since the watershed of the country’s 2014 Euromaidan Revolution. We recognize that it is also vital for international audiences to understand this. In collaboration with reservists, civil society, and volunteers, they can make any attempted invasion a miserable experience for Russia.
The authors of this report believe that Ukraine’s defense forces can cause significant damage. Are the Ukrainian Armed Forces capable of inflicting prohibitive costs on a Russian invasion force? Currently, most US experts are confident that the threat is very real and should be taken seriously. The looming threat of a full-scale Russian invasion poses a wide range of questions for the Ukrainian military.
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