The main changes that have occurred for Ukraine over the three years of the conflict are the creation of the army, increased support from the West and three years of reforms.

This was told by British political scientist, Professor of Ukrainian Studies at University College London Andrew Wilson in an interview with "Apostrophe".

"Now Ukraine has an army. For Russia this is still a draw in the war in the East. In 2014, everyone was surprised by the so-called hybrid war. But it turned out that it imposes certain restrictions on Russia. Russia does not openly admit that it is conducting military operations in the East, is keeping combat losses at a minimum level. And Ukraine is ready for fighting losses. Therefore, there is a tie between Ukrainian traditional military operations and the Russian hybrid war, "he explained..

Another key change, according to Wilson, is the position of the West in Russia.

"In the West, it has become almost a cliche to say that Putin is a good tactician, but a bad strategist. So obviously interfering in such a large number of elections and general political processes - in America, France, Germany - Putin only made people in the West realize that there is a common problem that all Western countries should struggle against, not an isolated problem only for Ukraine, "- the political scientist noted.

The third key aspect is that Ukraine has been engaged in reforms all these years, says Wilson.

"With more or less success, but Ukraine is three years in the reform process. In 2014, the question was only to begin these reforms. Now this is a question of achieving a kind of mature phase of reforms - when the Ukrainian government is much more resilient to substantial reforms than it was in 2014. That is, for the West it is also a difficult job, "he said..