Ukraine's offensive against Russia is a big test for West's weapons - analysis

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Ukraine's offensive against Russia is a big test for West's weapons - analysis
What happens when a military is forced to rely on a plethora of different systems that don’t necessarily connect well?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Ukraine is now conducting the opening moves of what is expected to be a wider spring and summer offensive. Reports have said that Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut advanced several kilometers, a limited move which is reminiscent of the kinds of small gains that offensives during the First World War would record in their opening days.

This is because fighting around Bakhmut, in some ways, resembles the kind of grinding trench warfare of the previous century. However, the technology available to both sides is very different today, as it includes drones and other advanced weapons.

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