Ukraine is using cheap drones fitted with explosives to stop Russian troops breaking through its defensive lines.
  • Russian military bloggers criticized Russian tactics in Ukraine, a US think tank said.
  • They said Russian troops continue to gather in large groups, enabling drones to target them.
  • Ukraine has used drones to counter Russia’s manpower and equipment advantages.

Russian troops are continuing to gather in large groups to attack Ukrainian positions despite it making them an easy target for drones, Russian milbloggers said, according to a report.

The Institute for the Study of War, a US think tank, said that influential Russian milbloggers were expressing frustration at tactical blunders by the Russian military.

According to the critics, Russia is forming groups of armored vehicles and troops to attack Ukrainian positions that are easily blown up from the air by exploding drones, said the ISW.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Well said! I think this is largely a case of the Russian command structure’s authoritarian nature. If field commanders had more independence, they probably wouldn’t be massing like this.