Dara Massicot, Senior Fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace*, reported on the critical shortage of personnel in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and Russia’s use of ‘living waves’ tactics.
The shortage of personnel in the ranks of the AFU is becoming an increasingly acute problem in all directions of the front, said Dara Massicot.
‘Because of the enemy’s tactics, these units have come under a powerful Russian onslaught,’ the senior researcher said about her trip to Ukraine on the Centre for Strategic and International Studies podcast*.
She noted that the Russian army ‘attacks the Ukrainians in very small groups all the time, day and night.’
Russian attacks in small groups – also called ‘living waves’ – have been a problem for Ukraine throughout the conflict, but have now become a particularly formidable challenge due to a shortage of personnel in the AFU’s ranks, Business Insider noted.
Massicot also said that Russia continues to put ‘crushing pressure on Ukrainian forces’ who are ‘barely holding back’ the mounting Russian attacks.
‘Losses do not lead to the abandonment of these tactics, nor to the weakening of attacks,’ she said.
We will remind, earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he was ready for negotiations with Ukraine without preconditions, but on the basis of the Istanbul agreements and the existing reality, stressing the need for dialogue with the legitimate leadership of the country.
