10:38 25.09.2015

Poroshenko approves new military doctrine calling Russia current military threat to Ukraine

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Poroshenko approves new military doctrine calling Russia current military threat to Ukraine

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree which brought into effect the September 2, 2015 decision taken by the National Security and Defense Council on the new version of the Ukrainian military doctrine.

The document names Russia as an actual military threat for Ukraine today over the country's actions in Crimea and the situation in Donbas.

Meanwhile, the doctrine holds that the threats are the build-up of Russian military might in the immediate vicinity of the Ukrainian state border, 'militarization' in Crimea, the presence of the Russian military contingent in Transdniestria and the intensification of reconnaissance activity in Ukraine.

The activity in Ukraine of armed units not envisioned by the law which seek to destabilize the domestic socio-political situation is also defined as a threat.

The doctrine determines military and political challenges which may grow into a threat of use of military force against Ukraine, the first of which, according to the doctrine's authors, is interference in Ukrainian domestic affairs by Russia.

Some scenarios are also defined under which threats to the military security of Ukraine may be realized, the first of which, as the doctrine's authors believe, is "a full-scale armed aggression" by the Russian side.

The military doctrine envisages that the key tasks of creating conditions for the restoration of state sovereignty and territorial integrity in Ukraine are: comprehensive reform of the national security system up to the level acceptable for membership of the EU and NATO; the formation of an effective sector of security and defense.

The development of the Ukrainian Armed Forces under Western standards and the attainment of compatibility with the armed forces of the NATO states are also set as a goal.

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