Who Are the Fighters?

Irregular Armed Groups in the Russian-Ukrainian War since 2014

AvAndreas Heinemann-Grüder,Andreas Heinemann-Grüder

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society

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The war in Ukraine has been fought with, among others, irregular armed groups since 2014—volunteers, paramilitaries, and mercenaries. Based on interviews in the Russian-controlled Donbas and with Ukrainian combatants, the contributions to this volume disclose various micro-dynamics of the mobilization, group formation, and fighting. Who were these fighters and who organized them? Russia has been increasingly employing mercenaries as a way to conduct undeclared, but ruthless wars beyond her borders. Ukraine’s formation of irregular armed groups in 2014 was a response to the army’s initially glaring inability to counter Russia’s military intervention. Most of the irregular battalions acted from the beginning under governmental orders. They have never operated autonomously, but compensated for operational weaknesses of regular armed groups. The initially high power of irregular battalions derived from state support, the capabilities of commanders, social networks, and the faculties of the fighters.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-06-24
Mått:15 x 21 x 20 mm
Vikt:342 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
Antal sidor:260
Upplaga:24001
Förlag:ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
ISBN:9783838217772

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Andreas Umland, M.Phil. (Oxford), Dr.Phil. (FU Berlin), Ph.D. (Cambridge), Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm, Senior Expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future in Kyiv, and Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Andreas Umland, M.Phil. (Oxford), Dr.Phil. (FU Berlin), Ph.D. (Cambridge), Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm, Senior Expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future in Kyiv, and Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Julia Friedrich is a research fellow at the Berlin-based Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) focusing on security dynamics in Russia and Ukraine. Previously, she worked as a civilian expert for the EU Advisory Mission to Ukraine in Kyiv. At GPPi, she investigates the consequences of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, such as Russian occupation practices, the reintegration of veterans and IDPs in Ukraine, as well as social cohesion more broadly. Julia holds a dual masters degree in international relations and international security from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences and SciencesPo Paris. She received a bachelors degree in social sciences from SciencesPo Paris. Theresa Luetkefend is an assistant director in the Atlantic Council’s Forward Defense program, where she leads the program's defense strategy and military operations portfolio. Theresa previously worked at the Berlin-based Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) on a number of security-related issues, including the reintegration of veterans in Ukraine. Prior to her time at GPPi, she spent several months at the United Nations Secretariat in New York. Theresa holds master’s degrees in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Oxford and in international relations with a focus on strategic studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She received a bachelor’s degree in social sciences from Humboldt University in Berlin.