Russia Implements Mine Tactics to Hinder Ukrainian Armoured Counteroffensive

In recent weeks, russia has prioritised and refined tactics aimed at slowing Ukrainian armoured counteroffensive operations in the south of Ukraine, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.

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The core of this approach has been russia’s very heavy use of anti-tank mines. In some areas the density of its minefields indicate that it has likely used many more mines than laid down in its military doctrine.

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Having slowed the Ukrainian advance, russia has then attempted to strike Ukrainian armoured vehicles with one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicles, attack helicopters and artillery.

According to the UK Defense Intelligence, although russia has achieved some success with this approach in the early stages of Ukraine’s counteroffensive, its forces continue to suffer from key weaknesses, especially overstretched units and a shortage of artillery munitions.