Ukraine’s efforts to politically and military integrate with the West greatly intensified after Russia’s 2014 absorption of Crimea, while the subsequent and ongoing war in Donbas against combined Russian-proxy army units emphasized the need for Ukraine’s armed forces to reduce their dependence on Soviet-era doctrine and weaponry as much as possible.
Ukraine to license-build U.S. helicopters for its armed forces
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