Illia Kabachynskyi

The Russian army is known for its doomed missions carried out by untrained soldiers. Men are sent to war even while mentally ill or wounded, because there are simply no reserves left.

Powered by precision drone warfare, Ukraine is eliminating tens of thousands of Russian troops every month and aims to push that number to 50,000. Without mass mobilization, Moscow cannot rebuild its shattered units.

Russian soldiers are using large infrastructure pipelines in Ukraine to bypass Ukrainian positions and launch surprise attacks. Previously, this tactic helped them capture a major city. Today, the pipes are becoming their graves.

In just weeks, Ukrainian forces reclaimed territory in the southern Zaporizhzhia region that Russia spent months capturing, erasing nearly half of Moscow’s recent gains, and exposing critical weaknesses in Russian communications and logistics.

What distinguishes Ukraine from Russia in this war is its choice of targets. While Ukraine strikes Russian military facilities and infrastructure that helps finance the war, Russia targets energy infrastructure to leave Ukrainian cities without electricity, heat, and water.

Ukraine is implementing its drone warfare strategy: thanks to effective strikes by drone units, Russian losses are now almost comparable to the rate at which Russia recruits new troops.