Originally Posted by
NutLoose
Is it me or has Ukraine changed, they were scoring success' after success playing to their own rules, stretching out the Russians so they were having trouble supplying their front lines, effectively negating their artillery advantages and hitting them hard and fast with modern weaponary supplied by the west to a war were tey are playing to the Russians rules by holding a line and getting slaughtered in theirno doubt thousands by the said artillery that is now being used to its advantage while holding on to the hope of mass artillery deliveries that may be some way off. There is sadly no short term fix to that compounded by the westseemingly unable to provide resources in a timely manner even when requested by those on the ground..
Both sides learn during conflicts. Russia has changed and dramatically focussed its efforts, such that unless Ukraine focusses its efforts in response (which it has done) then the new Russian tactics are viable. What we are witnessing is the logical outcome of that dual evolution of tactics.