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The article surveys civil-military relations in Ukraine during the last two years of the former USSR. It covers the role of political parties, civic groups, the media, parliament, and local councils in publicizing the demand for separate armed forces and the negative hostility towards Soviet institutions and Moscow's rule of Ukraine. The article also describes the growing awareness of interethnic violence and conscript brutality within the Soviet armed forces as factors that encouraged Ukrainians to view the Soviet security forces in an increasingly hostile manner. Finally, it points out how civic groups and public opinion helped to smooth the peaceful and rapid transition from Soviet armed forces to the security forces of independent Ukraine.

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