The Strategic Abstract The persistent application of static, positional defense by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU)—particularly within the contested urban agglomerations of the Donbas—now represents a critical vulnerability, threatening a systemic depletion of combat-effective personnel and accelerating a disproportionate casualty rate relative to the Russian Federation’s (RF) larger manpower reserves. This analysis posits that … Leggi tutto Attritional Costs and Command Rigidity in Positional Defense – Russia Vs Ukraine