– Yes absolutely. Both the Ukrainian and Russian armies are now something different from what they were a year ago, says Mick Ryan to news. He is a former general in the Australian Defense Force. He is now associated with the think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies. – That’s what happens in war. You learn and you adapt. Management is also changed because people are killed, fired or simply become too tired to lead. It happens on both sides, says Ryan. ACADEMICS: Mick Ryan continuously analyzes what is happening in the war in Ukraine. Photo: AUMoD The disaster The large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine last year is being described as a disaster. The Ukrainians inflicted huge losses on the Russians, and the invasion stalled. The last time the Russian defense was exposed to such a disaster was in 1941. The disaster led to changes in the army. – Armies learn from disasters, but that’s something you have to add. You have to be alive to change. If the disaster is big enough, you won’t have an army left that can learn from it, Ryan points out. THE FAILURE: Last summer, the Russians tried to cross a river in Donbas. It developed into a pure slaughter of the attacking Russians. Photo: UKR MoD Stormtroopers – They have changed their tactics on the ground. Especially around Bakhmut. There, forces from Wagner and the regular army use human waves along with more specialized troops, Ryan says. The first to be sent in against the Ukrainian positions are relatively untrained soldiers. Several waves of such soldiers meet Ukrainian resistance, but they make some headway. When enough ground is taken, the better trained soldiers arrive. – The Russians have also just drawn up a shock-troop doctrine. Well-equipped forces will infiltrate the Ukrainian positions and attack from the flanks, says Ryan. DRONE WAR: Thousands of small and large drones give the Russians good opportunities to see what the Ukrainians are doing. Photo: YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP Drones Last February, the Russian forces did not use small commercial drones. They do now. – Both the Russians and the Ukrainians have continuously developed and improved the ability to observe the enemy and attack it. Both now use an almost infinite amount of drones of all types, says Ryan. Among other things, the Russians have adopted drones to be able to use tanks as artillery. Targets that the tank crew cannot see are observed by a drone. Through the drone, the crew can find out where the shots fall, and can correct the fire. POWERFUL: A Russian FAB-500 bomb is removed in Ukraine after it failed to explode. Photo: AP Glidebomber Until recently, it was difficult for the Russian planes to hit Ukrainian targets on the front line. Due to the Ukrainian air defense, it is dangerous for the Russians to fly over the front line to drop bombs. Now they have adopted glide bombs. They are flying bombs with small wings and a control unit. – The wings enable them to fly far. The Russians drop them far away from the Ukrainian air defense. These bombs are large and they can weigh 250 or 500 hundred kilos. The Russians can use a fairly large strike force against a number of Ukrainian targets, says Ryan. THREAT: The missile weapons the Ukrainians received from the Americans last year led the Russians to change how they supply their troops. Photo: US DoD Logistics The Russians have also changed how they get supplies to the soldiers at the front. They have more or less been forced to do so. Last summer, the Ukrainians received long-range precision weapons. They were, among other things, used to destroy Russian stockpiles of ammunition. The Russians have therefore moved such warehouses and other important targets beyond the range of these weapons. – It is obvious that they have made major changes. The proof of that is that they are still able to supply the soldiers with huge amounts of ammunition and other supplies, says Ryan.
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