'Ukraine understood how Russia would approach a conflict and prepared accordingly,' one expert told Newsweek regarding the countries' military strategies.
and vehicles hoping to overwhelm," Erath said."When that didn't work, they had no plan B. Ukraine understood how Russia would approach a conflict and prepared accordingly."
Jasen Castillo, associate professor in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, toldthat while he agrees with Rice's assessment, it may not be a useful way to understand Russia's operation against Ukraine. It left Russia with a strategy centered on attrition, he added, which proves fruitful by grinding down the capabilities of the enemy and breaking their will to fight—citing repeated Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure and civilian targets.
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