Ukraine vs. Russia: military mismatch, but does that mean no contest?
Kiev (AFP) April 26, 2014 - Russia has the world's second-ranked military after former Cold War foe the United States. The armed forces in Ukraine, a former republic in the ex-Soviet Union, are much, much smaller. But numbers don't tell the whole story. Other factors come into play in weighing which side might get the upper hand should war break out with a Russian invasion. Chief among them is the fact that M ... more

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