I was reminded of this long post of mine from August of last year whilst listening to this fellow talking about the the Russian way of war and attritional war. He says,“If you have any idea about Russia’s history at war, you will see time and time again, from Charles the XII of Sweden to Napoleon to Stalin, the ability to absorb catastrophic initial losses over a number of years to then having large wins later on, and we are seeing this.”
I would simply add that the Russians trade space for time. Remember that Ukrainian Offesive in 2023 that was gonna end the war?
I recommend history. Read correctly history is much more like reading prophecy.