“War is now entering a new phase: what we militaries call ‘positional warfare’ with static combat and attrition, as in World War I, as opposed to ‘maneuver’ warfare with movement and speed. This will benefit Russia, which allowed it to rebuild its military power and ultimately threatened the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the state itself,” Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valeriy Zaluzhny told the Economist, quoted by Ukrinform. According to Zaluznhy, basic weapons such as rockets and projectiles remain vital for Ukraine. The Ukrainian Armed Forces need key military capabilities and technologies to emerge from this type of war. The most important thing is air power. Control of the skies is crucial for large-scale ground operations, emphasized the armed forces commander, who identified attack drones as a priority to overload Russian air defense systems. Another important point, according to Zaluzhny, is electronic warfare (EW), such as jamming communication and navigation signals. “Ew is the key to winning the drone war. Russia has modernized its armed forces over the past decade, creating a new branch of its army and building 60 new types of equipment. In this area it surpasses us: the 65% of our failures. “Platforms at the beginning of the war were made in Soviet times. “We have already built many of our electronic protection systems… We need to get better at conducting electronic warfare with our drones over a wider range of the radio spectrum and avoiding accidental suppression of our own drones,” he said. According to Zaluzhny, counter-battery fire that defeats enemy artillery is also a priority. The fourth is mine destruction technology. Zaluzhny’s fifth and final priority is building reserves. “Our ability to train reserves on our territory is also limited. We cannot simply do without soldiers stationed at the front.
