Lea Ellmanns, Oleksiy Melnyk & Wolf-Christian Paes
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, significantly escalating the lower-intensity conflict ongoing in the country’s east since February 2014. The resilience Ukraine displayed during the first months of the invasion surprised many: Kyiv had been expected to fall within days. To understand why Ukraine was able to defend its territory against overwhelming material odds, it is instructive to look back at the development of Ukraine’s security sector. Since 1991, Ukraine’s security sector has undergone a profound transformation in response to transitions, crises and, finally, full-fledged armed conflict. This report, which was finalised as the third year of full-scale Russian aggression draws to a close, discusses the changes to Ukraine’s security sector since its independence from the Soviet Union, specifically examining military and paramilitary forces.
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