By Michael Sheldon, Divergent Options: “The Malorossiya proposition, as presented on July 18, 2017 by head of Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) Alexander Zakharchenko, was intended to absorb Ukraine in its entirety under rebel control, relocating the capital to Donetsk. While success seemed unlikely, there were local political objectives to be gained."
By Michael Kofman & Jeffrey Edmonds, RealClearDefense “Russia still depends on the remnants of a blue-water navy inherited from the Soviet Union, but a new force is slowly rising to take its place both above and beneath the waves. This navy will be different, with a strategy of its own.”