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Feb. 20 - Journalist Maxim Eristavi on Ukrainian Armed Forces

What proponents of an escalation in arms supplies call "the Ukrainian military" is, in fact, far from a single, unified entity.  It consists of a badly-trained, badly equipped National Army and perhaps a dozen autonomous "volunteer" battalions who are supposed to report, not to the military chain of command, but to the Interior Ministry.   Kiev-based journalist Maxim Eristavi told KSFR's Dave Marash on HERE AND THERE, it's not clear where these units get their orders from, but he says, their ability to work together and Russian-backed secessionist forces is improving. For the excerpt of this interview featured At Noon, Click Here. For a full podcast of this episode of HERE AND THERE, Click Here.