A decade of quiet preparations helped Ukraine turn the tables on Russia's bigger, better-armed milit

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military, experts say

When Russia annexed Crimea and stoked a conflict in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region in 2014, Ukraine's military was in poor condition, with only 6,000 combat-ready troops out of a 140,000-strong force.

In the years that followed, Ukraine's military underwent a period of preparation that helped it blunt the full-scale invasion that Russia launched in February 2022.

According to a report by the Royal United Services Institute assessing the first five months of the war, decisions made by Kyiv during those years modernized its hardware and enabled its troops to hold off Russia's assault.

Artillery in recovery

Recognizing Russia's artillery capabilities, which caused roughly 90% of Ukraine's casualties between 2014 and 2022, Kyiv strengthened its own artillery force, which was systematically reduced prior to 2014.

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1. Slava Ukraini! Thank you.

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2. No wonder the Ukrainian Military

is So Strong Against the Genocidal Monster!

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3. Corruption also played a huge part in the downgrading of Russian military assets. Too many

Russian billionaires and politicians had their hands out too, for the goodies.