The Russian ground offensive have been planned and executed based on poor assumptions about how the Ukrainian military—and the population—would respond, as well as how the West might react.
Seizing and holding territory was a major political objective of Russian policymakers.
But controlling territory in a foreign country with a hostile Ukrainian population was deeply problematic for the Russian military, particularly since the conflict began to resemble a “people’s war.”
In addition, Russian forces failed to effectively integrate combined arms to seize and hold Ukrainian territory, including coordination between land power, air power, and long-range fires. Russia has attempted to annex some of this territory through a crude form of state-building. It has forcibly deported—or, in some cases, tortured and executed—pro-Ukrainian civilians and encouraged ethnic Russians (and pro-Russian civilians) to remain.6 Russia has also replaced Ukrainian government officials with hand-picked, pro-Russian officials.
Russia has failed to achieve most of its objectives in Ukraine not only because of poor military planning, significant logistical problems, low combat readiness, and other deficiencies, which undermined Russian military effectiveness, but also resistance movement of Ukrainian fighters.
Ukrainian military and intelligence agencies successfully conducted against russians on invaded territories targets, including destructive attacks on hundreds of procsi-government and critical military infrastructure systems.
These attacks notably encouraging effect impact the will or ability of Ukrainians partisans to fight.
One of an example of a well conducted operation was when Ukrainian forces used high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) to strike the Antonivskyi Bridge over the Dnipro River, east of Kherson City, on July 19. This is well-prepared common action of Ukrainian forces and fighters of resistant movement.
Even 8 years of occupation does not stop the resistance, and the occupiers continue to tremble with fear, caused by unstoppable resistant movements.
