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Ukraine Has Now Surpassed Russia in Modern Combat Power

Four years after the full-scale invasion, Russia still has mass… But Ukraine has the kill chain.

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Wes O'Donnell
May 01, 2026
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By the time Russia invaded Ukraine in earnest in 2022, I had already been writing about the conflict for over five years. I called it “Europe’s forgotten war.” But when the full-scale invasion happened, I actually believed that Russian mass alone would eventually overwhelm the defenders and Ukraine would need to transform itself into an insurgency.

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