SOF team ambushes Russian infantry

Russian infantry are gunned down by Ukrainian special forces in what appears to be a hasty ambush or even a meeting engagement. The action takes place in an overgrown garden on the outskirts of Kupiansk. According to sources, the Russian Army no longer possesses the ability to engage in combined arms operations. Anyone who might have known how to plan or conduct such operations is long dead, and the equipment designed for such operations is destroyed. The Russians have resorted to an attrition strategy and infiltration tactics.The Ukrainian Army is also hampered by manpower and materiel shortages and is struggling to incorporate western combined arms doctrine while engaged in an existential fight. Their front is no longer linear and continuous, and they have adopted a strong point defense. The Russians are attempting to exploit this with the only resources that they have – cheap vehicles and disposable people. In a classic turning movement, they cram conscripts into the gaps between Ukrainian strongpoints, a costly proposal, but once enough Russians infiltrate to the rear of a Ukrainian unit, that unit is eventually forced to displace.These choices, based on each belligerents' limitations, explain Russia’s recent territorial gains, earned at a considerable cost. Will the Russians be able to generate the manpower to sustain such an approach? Will the Ukrainians be able to generate sufficient combined arms capabilities to conduct a counteroffensive that reclaims significant territory and eliminates a few Russian divisions?

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