David Kirichenko
Russia’s fresh spring offensive against Ukraine “has already begun,” Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi stated in a recent interview.
With few tangible gains in recent months, the Kremlin is under domestic pressure to demonstrate progress on the battlefield. That pressure will be answered in the only way it knows how: through relentless assaults, sacrificing waves of Russian troops to attrition warfare.
However, Russia is increasingly colliding with Ukraine’s expanding drone wall, which is carving out a deadly no man’s land across the front.
The Russian Spring Offensive: Throwing People at the Problem
In November 2024, Russian casualties reportedly reached around 1,500 per day, a grim reflection of the Kremlin’s ruthless calculus. Yet despite the staggering losses, Russia’s strategy remains unchanged. Its forces continue to rely on relentless, attrition-heavy meatgrinder tactics.
Military analysts within Russia warn that the Kremlin elite appears dangerously out of touch with the scale of the army’s losses and the bleak reality on the ground.
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