Posts Tagged ‘Ukraine’
Ukrainian Unmanned Aerial System Tactics
In early June 2023, Ukraine launched a counteroffensive to retake lost territory and split Russian forces, requiring the enemy to fight on multiple fronts. After Ukrainian troops made an initial thrust into Donetsk, Russian troops moved into their well-prepared defenses and successfully halted the Ukrainian advance. Since then, the war has devolved into a fight…
READ STORYHow Ukraine Overcame the Transparent Battlefield to Achieve Operational Surprise in Kursk
After 18 days of fighting, Ukrainian forces had occupied 490 square miles of Russian territory and continued to gain ground each day.i VIEW DOCUMENT (CAC ENABLED) The proliferation of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the Ukraine-Russia war has created a transparent battlefield marked by near-persistent surveillance, making operational surprise difficult to achieve. Several factors…
READ STORYRussia Fielding 2S7 Pion Heavy Artillery in Ukraine Conflict
Russia has begun operationalizing the 2S7 Pion,i a large-caliber artillery system, in the conflict in Ukraine, signaling progress on previous public statements detailing plans to expand the artillery force structure. The 2S7s are 203-mm heavy artillery and are the largest self-propelled guns in the Russian inventory.ii The 2S7s are being pulled from storage, modernized, and…
READ STORYGCKN: Sociocultural Running Estimate – War in Ukraine Peripheral Impacts: Abkhazia
Download the Document: 2024JUN10_RunningEstimate_RU_UKE_Update17 View on APAN: https://community.apan.org/wg/gckn/m/running-estimateproducts/464340
READ STORYRUSI Commentary: In Ukraine, Russia is Beginning to Compound Advantages
See Story on RUSI: Royal United Services Institute – Explore Our Research – Publications – Commentary – Ukraine Russia Beginning Compound Advantages
READ STORYThe Evolution of UAVs in the Ukraine Conflict
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READ STORYRussia’s Thermobaric Weapons Employment in the Ukrainian Conflict
The TOS-1A Solntsepek multiple rocket launcher (MRL), a potent short-range thermobaric weapon system, has been the subject of significant interest since the outset of the conflict in Ukraine. Its deployment was first documented in February 2022, coinciding with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Cameras positioned along the Belarus-Ukraine border captured images of the TOS-1A entering Ukrainian…
READ STORYWill to Fight: Twenty First Century Insights from the Russo-Ukrainian War
Links PIX (CAC-enabled): https://pixtoday.net/article/article/216644 APAN (public access): https://community.apan.org/wg/gckn/m/russiaproduct/463383 Military Review (public access): https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/May-June-2024/MJ-24-Will-to-Fight/
READ STORYTRADOC: Driving Change in the Maneuver Force – Threats Over Time
TRADOC: Driving Change in the Maneuver Force – Threats Over Time (CAC Required) Slide presentation highlighting Russia’s evolving doctrine in the face of the Ukraine conflict and PLA lessons learned. Click here
READ STORYTRADOC Intelligence Post: LSCO Challenges: Insights on “Will To Fight” From the Russia-Ukraine Conflict (U)
(U)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (U)The national “will to fight” is a tangible force of interwoven psychological, physical,and ideological elements, often dictating warfare outcomes against the grain oftechnological or numerical superiority. Insights gathered from the war in Ukrainesuggest that while both Russia and Ukraine exhibit resilient wills to fight—in differentand powerful ways—emerging internal and external military challenges can…
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