Viktoriya Fedorchak, "The Russia-Ukraine War: Towards Resilient Fighting Power" (Routledge, 2024)

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Jan 28, 2025

Viktoriya Fedorchak, a Lecturer in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University, dives into the complexities of the Russia-Ukraine war in her latest work. She emphasizes the historical lens necessary to understand military evolution and resilience. The discussion explores Ukraine's military transformation post-Soviet era, the challenges of researching an ongoing conflict, and strategic shifts in maritime and cyber warfare. Unpacking the dynamics of modern military strategies, she highlights the importance of allied support and innovative approaches in current and future conflicts.

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Intro

00:00 • 6min

Navigating Sources in Ongoing Conflict Research

05:39 • 2min

Understanding Resilient Fighting Power

08:02 • 16min

Evolution of Military Doctrine in Ukraine

24:20 • 10min

The Path to War: Ukraine's Struggle and Strategy

33:52 • 18min

Strategic Shifts in Maritime Warfare: Drones and Asymmetry in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

51:44 • 4min

Cyber Warfare and Resilience in Ukraine

55:54 • 30min

Viktoriya Fedorchak's The Russia-Ukraine War: Towards Resilient Fighting Power (Routledge, 2024) provides a systematic analysis of the Russian-Ukraine war, using the concept of resilient fighting power to assess the operational performance of both sides during the first year of the full-scale invasion.

The Russian war in Ukraine began in 2014 and continued for eight years, before the full-scale invasion of 24 February 2022. It is not a new war, but the intensity of the warfighting revived many discussions about the conduct of inter-state warfare, which has not been seen in Europe for decades. This book does not aim to offer an exhaustive operational analysis of the war, but rather provides a preliminary systematic analysis across various domains of warfare using the concept of fighting power to assess the operational performance of both sides. First, the book discusses the conceptual component and the post-Cold War adaptations of the Soviet strategic tradition by both the Ukrainian and the Russian Armed Forces. Following that, it gives an evaluation of the various aspects of warfighting in the land, air, maritime and cyber domains. Then, the book examines the role of international allied assistance, sanctions and weapons delivery in strengthening the resilience of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The book concludes with some comments on the role of inter-state warfare in the current strategic environment and future warfare.

This book will be of much interest to students of military and strategic studies, defence studies, foreign policy, Russian studies and international relations.

Viktoriya Fedorchak is a lecturer in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University. She is the author of British Air Power (2018) and Understanding Contemporary Air Power (2020).

Stephen Satkiewicz is an independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Sciences, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history.

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