The Man Who
Gave Ukraine's Army 1,000 Bulletproof Vests
KIEV, Ukraine — “What you have to understand is that the state as a European or an American understands it, doesn’t exist in Ukraine,” Yuri told me on a sunny after**on in Kiev two weeks ago.
As
Ukraine continues to grapple with insurrection within its own borders, its military has become the most visible and important instrument of the new government — and it's failing badly
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Despite the launch of an
anti-terror operation last month, its
Army has yet to clear pro-Russia separatists from the buildings they occupy in
cities across eastern Ukraine. But this is hardly surprising because soldiers are woefully underprepared. They lack basic equipment, medicine and even food.
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