"The state made a timely decision to transform the largest volunteer formations into regular units of the Defense Forces — the Armed Forces, the National Guard, and the Territorial Defense. But not all of them. Some survived and carved out a unique niche that, in a military sense, is subordinated to the Territorial Defense Forces and unites volunteers," writes Oleksandra Azarkhina, Head of Defence Industries Initiatives, in her op-ed for NV.
Ukrainian civilians of various professions continue to join these Volunteer Formations of Territorial Communities (VFTCs), serving as air defense crews. "This could become the Ukrainian version of the Nordic 'total defense' concept," Oleksandra believes.
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