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ukraine
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, romanized: Ukrayina, pronounced [ʊkrɐˈjinɐ] (listen); Russian: Украина, tr. Ukraina, IPA: [ʊkrɐˈinə]) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and north-east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west; and Romania, Moldova, and the Black Sea to the south. Ukraine also borders Crimea to its south, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, though Ukraine still continues to claim the territory. Including Crimea, Ukraine has an area of 603,628 km2 (233,062 sq mi), making it the second-largest country by area in Europe after Russia, and the 46th-largest country in the world. Excluding Crimea, Ukraine has a population of about 42 million, making it the eighth-most populous country in Europe, and the 34th-most populous country in the world. Its capital and largest city is Kyiv.
The territory of modern Ukraine has been inhabited since 32,000 BC. During the Middle Ages, the area was a key centre of East Slavic culture, with the powerful state of Kyivan Rus' forming the basis of Ukrainian identity. Following its fragmentation in the 13th century, the territory was contested, ruled and divided by a variety of powers, including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Russia. A Cossack republic emerged and prospered during the 17th and 18th centuries, but its territory was eventually split between Poland and the Russian Empire. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, a Ukrainian national movement for self-determination emerged and the internationally recognized Ukrainian People's Republic was declared on 23 June 1917. After World War II the western part of Ukraine merged into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and the whole country became a part of the Soviet Union. Ukraine gained its independence in 1991, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Following its independence, Ukraine declared itself a neutral state; it formed a limited military partnership with Russia and other CIS countries while also establishing a partnership with NATO in 1994. In 2013, after the government of President Viktor Yanukovych had decided to suspend the Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement and seek closer economic ties with Russia, a several-months-long wave of demonstrations and protests known as the Euromaidan began, which later escalated into the 2014 Ukrainian revolution that led to the overthrow of Yanukovych and the establishment of a new government. These events formed the background for the annexation of Crimea by Russia in March 2014, and the War in Donbass in April 2014. On 1 January 2016, Ukraine applied the economic component of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area with the European Union.Ukraine is a developing country and ranks 88th on the Human Development Index. Ukraine is the poorest country in Europe alongside Moldova, and suffers from a very high poverty rate as well as severe corruption. However, because of its extensive fertile farmlands, Ukraine is one of the world's largest grain exporters. It also maintains the third-largest military in Europe after Russia and France. Ukraine is a unitary republic under a semi-presidential system with separate powers: legislative, executive and judicial branches. The country is a member of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the GUAM organization, and one of the founding states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
https://defence-blog.com/russian-troops-execute-nine-surrendered-ukrainian-soldiers/
I guess this means the end of prisoner exchanges. I suspect Ukraine will now raise the black flag.
are you watching this? Is this appropriate for this forum?
NATO has been on high alert for since July
https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/vladimir-putin-orders-76000-people-to-evacuate-kursk-as-ukraine-invasion-storms-deeper-into-russia/news-story/f17eb358f2bfab3426f3df9421b90ee1...
With all the footage of Ukranians clearing trenches, it seems this would be a good use for shotguns, submachine guns, and especially the AKS-74U krinkovs that were so prevalent in photo ops towards the beginning of the war. Has anyone heard of this practice occurring or have photos/videos...
I figure one word; "Crimea". If Ukraine can kick Russia out of the Black Sea, and put some USA bases right up to the Russian border, we'd have an advantage. For what exactly, I don't know.
But for Zelenskyy to act as if he deserves anything from us rubs me the wrong way. Ukraine is no where...
This is pretty crazy.
The storage depot is massive. There are supposedly 292K crates containing small arms and ammunition. Much of it is believed to be old stuff (WW1 and WW2) but it's impossible to know what is actually there...or was there. But at the 4:30 mark we see a guy cracking open a...
I don't know about you, but in 10 years in the US Military, I never once observed a Lt Col staying in the same barracks as newly activated troops
I know my father never did (Lt Col RET)
more than likely he died of a 9mm to the head due to the political fallout
"The Russian MoD claimed that...
Check out that Rifle!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/watch-sniper-take-out-russian-in-world-s-second-longest-combat-kill/ss-AA148Dbo?cvid=e3c7092655a649c49f0d27fea8c74475
I think I bought this at a gun show in the '80s and I forgot all about it until I recently opened a box of parts I hadn't opened in a long time.
It's NIB, so who's going to give me $25 shipped for this oddity?
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The Return of Industrial Warfare
https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/return-industrial-warfare
British analysis shows that the de-industrialization of America and other NATO states dramatically reduces their ability to go toe-to-toe with either Russia or China...
Hey Friends,
I've never done anything like this before so I am not sure where to start. My friend Bohdan is a Sergeant for the Ukraine National Police in Lviv. Luckily his town, in Western Ukraine, has not been destroyed by the war yet. He is heading to the front in a few weeks for a month-long...
I know American farmers have long complained about John Deere's control over the software in their equipment
but it worked to Ukraine's advantage when Deere locked out all the stolen equipment remotely
LOLLLL...
Here's a Ukraine battlefield pick-up that I recently saw a few weeks ago. It's a type not seen around these parts too much.
VSS(Special Sniper Rifle) Vintorez
Manufactured by Tula, it fires the 9x39mm subsonic cartridge. It's got an integral suppressor and a PSO-1M2 4X24 scope mounted.
The...
I was at Ramstein in Germany in 1971 when the SA 11 were deployed into East Germany
my friends in electronic counter measures told me about their evaluation of this system over beers
scared the USAF to death at the time
but this is 2022 - a Russian SU 35s Flanker E SAM suppression aircraft...