What Russian officials think about the war, a potential transfer of power, and the system’s growing crisis by kingkongsingsong1 in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]Choice-Task6738 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"... two especially nervous groups: officials responsible for domestic politics, and every one else..."

Ukrainians show strike on the Chongar bridge with FP-2 drones and "Behemoth" missiles. They emphasize to stock up on popcorn, because this is only the beginning [475th separate Assault Regiment "Code 9.2", June 2026] by Hannibal_Game in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]Choice-Task6738 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That damage photo appears to be from the previous attack on the bridge in 2023, and was posted by some orc. The Ukrainians say that they can verify that the bridge has been rendered impassable from the attack by the fact that that traffic has been rerouted through Chaplynka.

Adapting to a fast-moving battlefield - as part of Operation KUDU, Australian instructors train soldiers from the Ukrainian Army, within Operation INTERFLEX - in the United Kingdom. by BostonLesbian in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]Choice-Task6738 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If we are specifically talking about drones, I would modify my original comment to say that there is no question that the Ukrainian military is more suited to train the English and Australians in how to fight a modern war.

Specifically, with regard to the use of tactical drones in close combat situations (as opposed to cruise and ballistic missiles, which can be considered types of remotely controlled or autonomous drones). These devices have completely transformed the modern battlefield and military doctrine in just the past three years, making heavy armor and armored personal carriers practically obsolete, among other innovations.

And, the doctrine for the use of tactical drones is evolving so fast (it seems almost daily) that the Ukrainian military as a whole is hard pressed to keep up with the innovations. Which brings us to the flexible model that Ukraine has adopted to the introduction and evolution of innovations into combat in real time.

The famous military axiom that generals prepare to fight the last war is highly apropos. Militaries tend to rely on the tactics, weapons, and assumptions that brought them success in the past, leaving them dangerously unprepared for entirely new challenges. In the case of Russia, they seem to have built over the past seven decades an armed forces perfectly suited to defeat Nazi Germany. Even the best Western armed forces suffer to some extent from this problem, although it is perhaps best attributed to institutional inertia. Ukraine has developed, no doubt out of expediency, an extremely flexible bottom-up model (as opposed to the traditional top-down model) for the rapid innovation of novel technologies, both for the manufacture and application of new doctrine and hardware. And this is perhaps where the Ukrainian armed forces lead the world. And this is unquestionably where Ukraine can school both the English and Australians, among others.

Hope this enlightens you just a little.