[alephnerd]

In the early days of the war back in 2014-15, it wasn't as professional due to the institutional collapse that comes with the changing of an entire political system which lead to questionable Militias being formed.

There was a lot of work on professionalizing the essentially greenfield Ukrainian Army by NATO members like Canada, US, UK, France, Germany, Türkiye, etc.

That said, a number of the unsavory militias from the 2014-15 period (such as the Azov Brigade and the Dudayev Battalion) still exist in a limited form, but largely neutered due to the efforts out to professionalize the Ukrainian Army.

[herewulf]

The general level of professionalism has certainly not increased since February 2022. That is to be expected though. On the other hand, combat effectiveness has definitely increased.