Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine: Russia has changed its tactics. Their mobilized became a serious force
The Russian army drew conclusions from the mistakes made at the initial stage of the military campaign.
According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, this was stated in an interview with Ukrinform by the Deputy Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Vadim Skibitsky.
“Then, in February, they came in columns without any cover, without an organized air defense system, and we destroyed everything that was going to Kyiv right in the columns. Now they realized that no one would greet them with flowers here. The more we fight, the more they draw conclusions. They are now building a clearer control system along the entire front line, we see this clearly,” Skibitsky said.
He says the Russians are changing the way they use their units.
“If a year ago it was BTG, battalions, tactical groups, now they have returned to the classic scheme - brigade, regiment, battalion. They began to create assault troops numbering 140-160 people. Such detachments include mechanized units, tanks, artillery, mortars, anti-tank weapons - in order to break through in certain areas precisely thanks to assault operations,” the general noted.
According to him, the Russian Armed Forces “are trying to conduct assault operations by delivering powerful artillery strikes in order to completely destroy our defense positions.”
Certain changes have also been made to the use of cruise missiles by Russia.
“Every time, you see, different launch targets and different aviation flight routes are chosen. They are trying to bypass our air defense, they know in which areas it is strong and in which it is not so strong. These are all real examples of the fact that - yes, the enemy is learning. The longer the fighting continues, the more experience the enemy gains. And the threat is that those who are currently mobilized are already different from those who came to our territory in October,” Skibitsky summed up.
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