Russia’s latest tactics to seize Ukrainian territory

Russia’s latest tactics to seize Ukrainian territory

the war in Ukraine has been raging for nearly 2 and a half years now and as the fighting drags on the Russian army is finding new ways to inflict damage though at an enormous cost David Martin has our Sunday journal the new look of the Russian army in Ukraine soldiers on motorcycles Race Across No Man’s Land counting on speed to evade Ukrainian fire but not always able to outrun the Swarms of drones which hover over the battlefield and can pick off Fighters one by one these are essentially Stormtroopers or assault shock troops that hop onto motorbikes George barros Of The Institute for the study of War says it’s one of the new tactics Russia has used to seize 430 square miles of territory over the past 9 months currently at the moment the Russians have the upper hand the Russians are able to choose where when the tempo of battle and what intensity that they want to conduct offensive operations anywhere along this entire 600 mile front line and where does that get them it puts them within Striking Distance of some very important ground lines of communication Supply corridors that connect some of the really important large cities that constitute the backbone of Ukraine’s defense of eastern Ukraine what price are the Russians paying to make these advances it’s a very high price the current estimates suggests that the Russians lose between 25 to 30,000 troops per month by some estimates Russia has suffered a staggering half a million killed and wounded since the invasion yet Putin has been able to replace those losses and pursue his merciless long war strategy endless assaults to grind down Ukraine’s ability to resist coupled with threats of nuclear war against the nation supporting Ukraine Putin understands what’s going to make or break this war is whether or not uh the Allied states that support Ukraine decide to lean into or not the United States leaned way back when politics we’ll talk about the Ukraine measure going forward that’s we’re not that’s not been abandoned but there’s a lot more work that needs to be done caused a 5 month suspension in armed shipments to Ukraine just as the Russian Air Force was unleashing a devastating new weapon the Russians discovered that they can put these cheap Glide kits onto the Glide bombs and convert their large Soviet-era stockpiles of dumb gravity bombs into a Precision weapon the bombs Sprout Wings in flight and guided by a GPS signal Glide toward targets 30 to 40 Mi away while Russian Pilots remain out of range of Ukraine’s air defenses they can use the air power and these 500 kilogram bombs to Pummel and Destroy Ukrainian trenches bunkers strong points and fortifications thousands of bombs and millions of artillery shells have turned the battlefield into a moonscape of craters one became a death trap for a Russian tank when a tiny Ukrainian drone attacked it Russia has tried protecting its tanks with extra layers of armor but for every measure there’s a countermeasure and American weapons are once again flowing to Ukraine so as long as the Russians actually fail and convincing the International Coalition from continuing to support Ukraine the Russians have no chance of of winning in Ukraine it sounds like all wars it comes down to will precisely political will is the decisive factor for this war it’s not what happens on the Battleground territory can be lost seated and recaptured again but if we make the decision to abandon the ukrainians then they will lose I mean honestly the center of gravity for this war it’s not the fields in Ukraine but it’s what happens here in Washington just like it was in World War II just like it is today

Russia has taken 430 square miles of Ukraine over the past nine months, while thousands of bombs and millions of artillery shells have turned the battlefield into a moonscape of craters. But it comes at a very high cost for the Kremlin – by some estimates, Russia is losing between 25,000 to 30,000 troops per month. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports on how support from Ukraine’s allies will determine whether Russia’s latest offensive succeeds or fails.

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