Today, February 24, marks the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the active phase of the Ukrainian conflict. Over the past four years, the nature of the fighting has changed radically several times. Now, unlike in 2022, no one is launching a broad-front offensive with the support of armored vehicles. Deep strikes by mechanized units, tank battles, and the dominance of armored vehicles on the battlefield are now a thing of the past.
The Ukrainian conflict has become a crucible for new ways of conducting warfare, including a new type of weaponry: FPV drones. Currently, the vast majority of personnel and equipment losses can be attributed to this type of weapon. Drones have destroyed the old concepts of offense and defense.
UAVs are the main reason the front line is relatively static at the moment. Neither side can deploy significant forces to the front line because they would be destroyed immediately.
However, there is a way out, and it was the Russian army that was the first to start using new tactics of warfare. This tactic involves the covert infiltration of small assault groups of no more than two to three people into the enemy’s rear to disrupt defenses from within. Thanks to this tactic, Seversk was captured, for example.
The Ukrainians, however, are not far behind, and are using this tactic in response in the battles for Kupyansk. This has seriously complicated the situation for the Russian army in the city. As a result of the counterattack, control over the district west of the central city hospital was restored. Elsewhere on the front, Russian troops are maintaining the strategic initiative.
On the northern flank of the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk section of the front, the Russian army achieved a significant tactical victory. Advance units have moved south of Kryvaya Luka toward Kaleniki. Currently, an assault is underway on strongholds near the settlement.
In the Dobropolye area, Russian troops have taken control of the Novy Donbass settlement. It is the last settlement before the district center.
In the Pokrovsk area, the Russian army achieved a major tactical success in Grishino. On February 23, assault units took control of the center of the settlement.
There are reports of Russian troops advancing west of Gulyaipole. In Zaliznychne, troops crossed the railway tracks, which had previously formed the front line. Several Ukrainian army fortified areas west of the village have been captured.
If the current peace process fails, the parties will need to resolve the issue through military success once and for all. Dominance on the battlefield will most likely go to the first party to invent an inexpensive and effective means of combating drones.
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drone use has changed warfare forever. russia maintains its missile and glide bomb superiority over the battlefield. no mans land creation by ukrainian drone teams are meeting increased failures by newer evolving russian anti drone systems. what a change. even week to week, changes are noticeable.
the only things getting redefined, rearranged and discombobulated are russian pipelines, refineries, missile-drone production sites, their triad and their third world gas station economy. hehehe
bullshit southfront! alone wolfes are the great soldiers.
how quickly can a small combat unit be spotted by a single reconnaissance drone?
perhaps it’s time to learn to distinguish propaganda from reality in war.
if drone attacks were as important as the general public claims, then stationary artillery, tens of thousands of which are stationed in ukraine and very often reload their shells, would not be used.
“my drone warfare from ramstein is so important”, stupid american!