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The Ukrainian army has 150,000. people under arms and a million reservists, but currently its combat potential is very limited, according to an analysis by the American research center Stratfor.

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" On paper, the Ukrainian armed forces have several hundred combat aircraft, a number of surface-to-air missile launchers, thousands of armored combat vehicles, a large number of self-propelled guns and rocket artillery. In addition, Ukraine has successfully switched to a more flexible brigade-based structure and benefited from joint training and exercises with NATO "- emphasizes Stratfor. "In practice, however, the Ukrainian army has several structural weaknesses that seriously undermine its combat capability," he adds.

Among these weaknesses he mentions, among others, poor technical condition of military equipment, poor training of soldiers, logistical problems, large dispersion of units throughout the country , which may make mobilization difficult. Stratfor also mentions the high risk of sabotage by "pro-Russian elements", which has already been felt in Crimea.