Key Takeaway
| ● | Ukraine prepared for 2022 by running an aggressive pro-Ukrainian propaganda campaign globally and in Ukraine itself. |
| ● | The election of Volodomyr Zelensky brought a man into power that the West could relate to. |
| ● | Politics in Ukraine switched strongly over to a Ukrainian self-determination agenda, across all parties. |
| ● | A rising middle-class made a stronger base for resistance to invasion. |
| ● | Pro-EU and pro-NATO agitation began in Ukraine and spread over the entire Slavic Bloc. |
| ● | Ukraine prepared for invasion by developing a large standing army, training and equipping local militias, and investing heavily in new hi-tech weaponry. |
The Ukraine versus Russia conflict was heavily weighted in Russia’s favor, by military standards.
However, Ukrainian nationalism was at an all-time high. Freedom of the media and the history textbooks developed Ukrainian self-confidence. In addition, international opinion was seen to carry far more weight than it ever has, and new technology promised new solutions to tactical dilemmas.Once everything is in place, the game must either be abandoned or begun. Ukraine was hoping against hope that having prepared for war, they would have peace. The Russian machine, impervious to the concerns and objections of Ukraine or the watching world, simply kept on course.
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