How Ukrainian strategy is running circles around Russia’s lumbering military

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8 min read . Updated: 13 Oct 2022, 06:06 PM IST Stephen Fidler, The Wall Street Journal

Ukrainian serviceman checks a destroyed Russian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), in the town of Izium, liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine (Photo: Reuters) — Ukrainian serviceman checks a destroyed Russian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), in the town of Izium, liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine (Photo: Reuters)

Classic military operations and nimble battlefield decision-making are exploiting the incompetence and top-down command of Russian forces

Eight months into Ukraine’s war with Russia, its emerging strategy is combining classic military operations with opportunism on the battlefield to exploit the incompetence of Russian forces—and is changing the course of the battle.