Due to scientific and technological progress, it has become impossible, regardless of what others may claim, to carry out operational-level tasks. 1/12
An operational task is not a fight for two houses or even for a small town over the course of a year. Operational execution means achieving large-scale results within a short period of time, advancing 150, 200, even 250 kilometers. 2/12
Today, that is no longer possible. Because of technological developments, such outcomes are effectively unattainable. 3/12
Claims about major territorial gains today sound unrealistic, almost impossible under current conditions, except perhaps through fully automated, machine-driven means. 4/12
But the same constraints apply to Russia. They cannot concentrate forces or form a decisive strike group capable of rapid, deep advances. Technically, this is no longer feasible. The battlefield has become transparent. Anyone who appears is detected and targeted. 5/12
The war has reached a kind of deadlock, a zugzwang, for both sides. What happens at the front line is important, but it is not decisive. More important is what happens beyond the so-called kill zone, across the broader depth of the country, extending to the western borders. 6/12