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Russia Reverts to Positional Warfare

Dr Jack Watling
22 March 2022clock6 Minute Read
A destroyed car on a road with the remains of a munition next to it

Remains of a munition embedded in the ground in a shelled quarter of Mariupol, March 2022. Courtesy of Alamy / Vojtěch Dárvík Máca

After its coup de main and deep battle failed, Russia is reverting to a strategy of sequential sieges to overcome Ukrainian resistance.

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Dr Jack Watling

Senior Research Fellow, Land Warfare

Military Sciences

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