IINA: Key Changes in the Russian Military since the Start of the War

By Yu Koizumi, Project Research Associate Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo

The Russian military has undergone a series of profound transformations over the course of its history, from the nineteenth-century reforms of Dmitry Milyutin, who laid the foundation for the modern Russian army, to the creation of the Soviet Red Army under Leon Trotsky and the development of nuclear missiles during the Cold War. For better or worse, Russia’s place in world history has largely been defined by its military endeavors.