Ukraine leverages limited resources for incursion into Russia’s Kursk

Ukraine’s continuing incursion has played to its strengths: Movement, tactical innovation and the ability to exploit small successes to bigger achievements.

Ukraine has also managed to leverage the limited resources it has and a picture is now emerging of new arms used in novel ways that have caught Russian forces off-guard and kept them off balance.

Drones and jamming

Both Russia and Ukraine extensively use drones of all types for reconnaissance and attack. But Ukraine’s innovation is to combine attack drones with electronic warfare units that jam the signals of Russian drones, blinding them.

This article, similar to NATO’s Article 5, concerns collective security.

Attack one member and all the other members are treaty-obligated to help. NATO would have to step in or see Ukraine destroyed, the war widening dramatically into a general conflict between two blocs.