The 745 miles at the heart of the war with Russia

Over the course of 2025, however, some of Ukraine’s better units worked out how to conduct offensive operations under modern conditions. This has enabled successful counterattacks in Kupiansk and in the south. The question for Kyiv is whether the tactics of these units can be taught more widely across the front...Fixing Ukraine’s training process is the key to addressing the challenge of force generation and thereby bolstering the strength of units at the front such that Russia cannot continue its infiltration tactics when vegetation returns in the spring.”