Ukrainians’ persistent pleas to Western nations and NATO to supply them with weapons and funding to upgrade their arsenal underscores the nation’s struggles to maintain its large post-Soviet military despite its limited economic means and widespread corruption. With its sizable share of Soviet assets, Ukraine had the second-largest armed forces in Europe and the fourth-largest in the world following the 1991 collapse of the USSR, behind only Russia, China and United States. …read more
Source: International Business Times
