Aleksandr Makarenko has raised over $75,000 for Ukrainian soldiers. Image from Facebook.
This article is part of an extensive RuNet Echo study of Russian-language blogosphere in Eastern Ukraine. Explore the complete interview series on the Eastern Ukraine Unfiltered page.
It’s no secret that Ukraine’s armed forces have been woefully unsupported by the state for the entirety of Ukraine’s post-Soviet history. Hamstrung by almost farcical levels of corruption and underfunding, the army was caught off guard, first by Russia’s annexation of Crimea, then by the uprising in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. While Ukraine was able to mobilize troops by reinstating the draft, and …read more
Source: Global Voices
