The Ukrainian armed forces have had a baptism of fire in battles with Russian-backed separatists over the last year. But they have been unable to hold on to large swathes of territory, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says they need to be rebuilt from scratch.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Ukrainian army rebuilds, with allied help (VIDEO)
A woman pays her respect during the funeral of Georgian fighter of the Ukrainian volunteer battalion of Donbas, Tomaz Sukhiashvili, killed in eastern Ukraine, in Tbilisi on Jan. 22.
