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How Kyiv Re-Built an Army the Soviets Couldn’t Imagine

Moving away from Russian warfighting doctrine

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Wes O'Donnell
Sep 30, 2025
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Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from 2021 to 2024, recently wrote a great op-ed for Militarnyi where he discussed command and control in the new Ukrainian armed forces.

His overall thesis is an exploration of how Ukraine fights modern wars. But I think it’s worth a deeper loo…

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