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...“In Vladimir Putin’s Russia, special operations are no longer driven by Communist ideology, but they still use the same tools and methods,” said one of the report’s authors, Oleksandr V Danylyuk....
...I ask V what the war revealed to him about the Ukrainians. V says he feels proud to be Ukrainian....
...“The Russians’ strategy is to show it is much more resilient to casualties than Ukraine,” said Oleksandr V Danylyuk, head of the Centre for Defence Reforms, a think-tank in Kyiv....
...“You need society to contribute at every level,” said Oleksandr V Danylyuk, head of the Kyiv-based Centre for Defence Reforms think-tank....
...Oleksandr V Danylyuk, head of the Kyiv-based Centre for Defence Reforms, a think-tank, said capturing a large number of Russian forces would in itself be a big prize for Ukraine and a psychological blow...
...“Our formation in Donbas is the most capable part of our forces,” said Oleksandr V Danylyuk, a security and defence adviser to Ukraine’s government, and veteran of the 2014 battle to recapture Slovyansk....
...The bulk of Luhansk territory seized by Russia was taken soon after the invasion began in February, said Oleksandr V Danylyuk, head of the Kyiv-based Centre for Defence Reforms, a think-tank....
...“There is not a problem of morale for regulars from the armed forces … they are holding up and executing orders, but they want to kill the enemy and not sit in position as cannon fodder,” Oleksandr V Danylyuk...
...Oleksandr V Danylyuk, a defence and intelligence adviser to the Ukrainian government, said Russia had intensified its artillery strikes on the front lines to try to exhaust Ukraine’s supplies....
...Photographs: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images; Oleksandr Rupeta/Alamy; V&A/Bridgeman Images...
...Oleksandr Yanukovich and Kurchenko, with Yanukovich and others, are on a western sanctions list and their assets are frozen....
...(WSJ) (Lex) COMMENT etc Oleksandr V....
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