“Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) point to the need for Ukraine to use traditional weapons systems, as the Russian occupiers use, among other things, weather conditions to detect vulnerabilities in Ukraine’s defense system with drones.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
illustrative photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Source: ISW
Literally from the report: “Russian troops took advantage of weather conditions to identify vulnerable spots in Ukraine’s defense system with drones in the direction of Novopavlivka, emphasizing the need for Ukraine to use traditional weapons systems.”
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Details: As an example, the review cites information about a video with geolocation, published on November 14, which shows how Ukrainian troops attack Russian armored vehicles in the northeast of Novopavlivka.
According to ISW experts, recently Russian troops have been using foggy weather for attacks along the entire front, especially in the direction of Pokrovsk, Velikomykhailivka, and Gulyaipol.
The sector of the front in Novopavlivka has been relatively calmer in recent weeks, as Russian forces have focused on offensive operations to capture Pokrovsk and close the Pokrovsk-Myrnogograd cauldron.
The company’s mechanized assault on Novopavlivka on November 14, after a lull in the area, demonstrates how Russian forces are trying to find opportunities to exploit a key weakness in Ukrainian defenses — the inability of Ukrainian drones to operate effectively in poor weather conditions such as fog and rain.
Literally from the report: “Until now, Ukraine in the war has based its defense on drones mostly out of necessity. Ukraine’s defense barrier “drone wall” uses a large number of tactical strike drones and loitering munitions to destroy Russian resources and equipment on the front line.
Ukrainian forces adopted this defensive approach in part to compensate for shortages in manpower and equipment while protecting more than 1,200 kilometers of frontline from a Russian offensive.”
Details: Still, analysts say, insufficiently fortified Ukrainian defenses have contributed to recent infiltration attempts by Russian forces, and a lack of artillery and other conventional systems has limited Ukrainian forces’ ability to operate when bad weather has hampered some drone operations.
Literally from the report: “Western supplies of conventional systems, such as artillery, are key to Ukraine’s ability to build a multi-layered defense system that is independent of any one type of weapon, making the defense vulnerable. Russia’s exploitation of this vulnerability underscores once again that conventional weapons systems are not obsolete in modern warfare.”