A Russian soldier stands guard at the Luhansk power plant.
A Russian soldier stands guard at the Luhansk power plant.
  • Russia is increasingly relying on large infantry assault tactics in Ukraine.
  • One Russian milblogger said there was about to be a "real renaissance of infantry combat."
  • Other milbloggers said the tactics reflect heavy equipment losses and poor frontline coordination.

Russia is increasingly relying on large infantry assault tactics in Ukraine, possibly due to widespread equipment losses and a lack of trained personnel, according to the think tank the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Russia's military-focused bloggers are divided on whether this strategy will lead to success, the think tank said.