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This volume aims to provide an overview of their formation in 2014, status up to the end of February 2022 (with some observations on their activities since the launch of Russia's 'Special Military Operation'), and combat equipment, while also exploring issues around identity and symbology. Since their formation in the fighting in eastern Ukraine during 2014, the armed formations of the Luhansk People's Republic have been slowly consolidated into a more integrated fighting force. However, key units still maintain individual identities and centers of power. One area of focus of the title will be the technological improvisation of the Luhansk People's Republic, which includes the creation of hybrid armored vehicles of types not seen elsewhere. The extensive visual propaganda culture around the armed formations of the Luhansk People's Republic is also explored. War in Ukraine, Volume 3: Armed formations of the Luhansk People's Republic 2014-2022 also presents a wealth of unique visual material including unit patches, photographs, diagrams and maps, and will be of interest to anyone studying the conflict in Ukraine.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49747713130769,"sku":"NGR9781804512173","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49922705588497,"sku":"GOR013544402","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50298016137489,"sku":"GOR013917667","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1804512176.jpg?v=1751631546"},{"product_id":"war-in-ukraine-volume-1-book-edward-crowther-9781915070661","title":"War in Ukraine Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"These volumes have provided greater clarity about the war, since the media's reporting on the war has been, by necessity, lacking in important details. 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Often dismissed in existing literature as mere proxy extensions of Russian forces, since their formation in the fighting in eastern Ukraine during 2014 the armed formations of the Donetsk People's Republic have developed into an integrated fighting force with more main battle tanks than several major Western military powers combined. The title also details some of the key military commanders who have shaped the armed formations of the Donetsk People's Republic since 2014.One area of focus of the title explores the unusual and little-known 'home grown' military technological developments made by the Donetsk People's Republic, including multiple launch rocket systems, armored vehicles, sniper rifles, small arms and remote weapons stations.The emerging visual propaganda culture around the armed formations of the Donetsk People's Republic is also explored, with military glory and fallen personnel commemorated in large scale military parades, murals, monuments and even postage stamps.\u003ci\u003eUkraine War Volume 1: Armed formations of the Donetsk People's Republic\u003c\/i\u003e also presents a wealth of unique visual material including unit patches, a selection of unique photographs, diagrams and maps, and will be of interest to anyone studying the conflict in Ukraine.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49883721302289,"sku":"NGR9781915070661","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51059430457617,"sku":"NIN9781915070661","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51488130072849,"sku":"GOR013200287","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/191507066X.jpg?v=1751631694"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-edward-crowther.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}