From a post-Soviet state to a European power

Ukraine serves as a unchangeable and reliable outpost of NATO’s east Flank defence. For the 5th year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been deterring and inflicting unprecedented harm on 1 of the world’s largest armies with a atomic arsenal, stockpiles of missiles and dense equipment, and a immense mobilization potential. The Russian Federation’s Black Sea Fleet has been mostly defeated. Ukrainian strikes are destroying oil refineries and military facilities on Russian territory with a strike scope that reaches over 3,000 kilometres.

Ukraine is developing and preparing ballistic missiles for mass production, and has already successfully produced and utilized another types of rocket weapons. Ukrainian drones and anti-drone systems are changing the concept of modern warfare, and Ukrainian soldiers are sharing their own experience in the mediate East, developing relations with leading American and another global military-industrial companies. Ukraine has besides opened the first negotiation clusters in preparation for joining the European Union. The country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is among the most influential political figures in the world.

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