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In the years leading up to Russia’s occupation of Crimea in 2014, Ukraine, whose territory had been the major defensive line between the Soviets and the West during the Cold War, had abolished the draft, and its standing army had shrunk to tiny levels.
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Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2024
That equilibrium was unsettled by wars, producing standing armies that were funded by, and therefore loyal to, the generals rather than the Roman senate.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
Pitching Russian forces against one of the region’s biggest standing armies seemed uncharacteristically reckless and, therefore, unlikely.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
The Associated Press delved into how numerous former soldiers in Colombia, which maintains one of the largest standing armies in Latin America, have entered the international legion.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
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Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2024
That equilibrium was unsettled by wars, producing standing armies that were funded by, and therefore loyal to, the generals rather than the Roman senate.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
Pitching Russian forces against one of the region’s biggest standing armies seemed uncharacteristically reckless and, therefore, unlikely.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
The Associated Press delved into how numerous former soldiers in Colombia, which maintains one of the largest standing armies in Latin America, have entered the international legion.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
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