The Russia-Ukraine War: Towards Resilient Fighting Power [Hardcover]

Viktoriya Fedorchak is a lecturer in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University. She is the author of British Air Power (2018) and Understanding Contemporary Air Power (2020).

Introduction  Chapter 1. Analytical framework  Chapter 2. The conceptual component: Soviet strategic thinking and military doctrine in the post-Cold War reforms  Chapter 3. Historical context  Chapter 4. Combatants  Chapter 5. The land domain  Chapter 6. The air domain  Chapter 7. The maritime domain  Chapter 8. Information and cyber aspects of the war  Chapter 9. The resilience of the Ukrainian people  Chapter 10. International military assistance  Chapter 11. Final considerations: Modern warfare and resilient fighting power  Conclusion    

This book provides a systematic analysis of the Russian-Ukraine War, using the concept of resilient fighting power to assess the operational performance of both sides during the first year of the full-scale invasion.

This book provides a systematic analysis of the Russian-Ukraine war, using the concept of resilient fighting power to assess the operational performance of both sides during the first year of the full-scale invasion.

The Russian war in Ukraine began in 2014 and continued for eight years, before the full-scale invasion of 24 February 2022. It is not a new war, but the intensity of the warfighting revived many discussions about the conduct of inter-state warfare, which has not been seen in Europe for decades. This book does not aim to offer an exhaustive operational analysis of the war, but rather provides a preliminary systematic analysis across various domains of warlS›