According to defence experts, Russian military leadership, under Vladimir Putin, has been employing "infantry-heavy" attacks that prioritize the conservation of armoured vehicles at the expense of greater manpower losses. These tactics have led to significant Russian soldier casualties. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) highlighted that the shift towards these tactics has resulted in large-scale Russian manpower losses, which are deemed more significant than the losses of armoured vehicles. Additionally, Russia is reportedly assembling a new military formation of over 100,000 soldiers in preparation for a potential summer offensive. The ISW also noted that this build-up of reserve forces is aimed at compensating for heavy battlefield losses without necessitating a significant operational pause from the more limited spring attacks.
Vladimir Putin’s army chiefs 'sacrificing Russian soldiers in infantry-heavy attacks' to save armoured vehicles, say defence experts https://t.co/1uy1tH9mFO
ISW stressed that Russia’s top brass appeared to be building up reserve forces to “backfill” heavy battlefield losses so that a summer offensive can be launched w/o “taking a significant operational pause” from more limited spring attacks. @standardnews https://t.co/5nOBSRdXyC
Russians assemble new military formation of over 100,000 soldiers for potential summer offensive https://t.co/9Denq7CBqj
“Large-scale Russian manpower losses likely more significnt thn armoured vehicle losses..particularly snce Russian forces adjusted tactics & transitioned to infantry-heavy...attacks to conserve armoured vehicles at expense of greater manpower losses,” ISW https://t.co/1uy1tH9mFO
Putin army chiefs 'sacrificing Russian soldiers in infantry-heavy attacks' to save armoured vehicles, say defence experts https://t.co/1uy1tH9mFO
Vladimir Putin’s military chiefs are sacrificing Russian soldiers in “infantry-heavy” attacks to protect their stock of armoured vehicles, say defence experts https://t.co/rEuexqxZZq