Ihor Kabanenko

The Kyiv Post article “How Ukraine can build an army to beat Putin” by British expert Glen Grant has sparked a mighty debate. It is important to note that the article has generated a lot of positive reviews from experts, servicemen, and civil society as a whole. At the same time, the...

History knows a lot of examples when an imbalance of armed force resulted in armed conflicts and wars. The sea is no exception in this context, as can be seen from the events of the Second World War and the post-war period. At the same time, the right operational structure of naval forces which are...

On April 21, 2010, President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine and President Dmitry Medvedev of the Russian Federation signed an agreement in Kharkiv to extend the lease of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet (BSF) until 2042 (its date of expiry was in 2017), to be automatically extended for another five...