Have there been any significant changes in the defense-industrial complex of Ukraine during 2019? What security and defense risks should Ukraine be prepared for in 2020? Radio Liberty talked about that with Valentyn Badrak, CACDS Director, USSI Board Member

Valentyn Badrak, the Board Member of USSI, the Director of Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies participated “Building the capacity of civil society to supervise the security sector in Ukraine”, the joint project of CACDS with the Center for European Security Studies (The Netherlands), supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

So it’s not like that anymore. In 2020, up to 70% of the training time in the Armed Forces of Ukraine should be spent ob units preparing for offensive actions. This was stated by the Chief of the General staff – Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Ruslan Khomchak, at the summing up of the army’s activities this year. But the devil is hidden in the details. Therefore, it is about them