On paper the Russians have each benefit. One million extra troopers in uniform, greater than 10 instances the navy finances, 10 instances the plane, six instances the tanks. However a a lot smaller Ukrainian power resolutely repelled Russia’s assault on and round Kyiv and it continues to stymie Russian forces with small infantry models geared up with fashionable weapons, the newest coaching, one of the best intelligence and the braveness of troops preventing for freedom.
Most commentators have been shocked, however Ukraine’s profitable ideas are the identical as these within the U.S. Marine Corps’ plan to modernize. The Marines perceive one thing the Kremlin didn’t: Within the face of technological change, the way forward for warfare gained’t be like its previous.