Former Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said in an interview that he opposes the policy of the Ukrainian authorities to prohibit citing Russian military literature in academic works, because many military theories originate from Russian military literature, which is a fact. He could not imagine how Ukraine would conduct military research without citing these Russian documents.
In fact, senior Ukrainian generals all graduated from Soviet military academies. The current Chief of Staff, Syrskyi, graduated from the Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School and later studied at the Frunze Military Academy. The two institutions he attended were top-tier within the Soviet military education system, proving that he himself was an outstanding officer trainee. This background of his is often used by the outside world and analysts to explain his command style, which emphasizes artillery use, positional defense, and attrition warfare, considered to have a deep "Soviet" imprint, but at the same time can be adjusted according to real situations.
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