Russia
How strong is the Ukrainian military?
As Russia invades Ukraine for the second time in the space of a decade, Forces News asks how far the Ukrainian forces have come since the annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Nicola Fasola, a Russian military expert from the University of Birmingham, says Moscow has "all the military cards to win" the new war in Europe.
Despite this, he credits Ukraine with a "more modern" and better equipped armed forces than in 2014, but maintains that some of the kit is still generally "outdated".
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