The publication recalls that after the start of a full -scale war against Ukraine in February 2022, Russian invaders have repeatedly encountered the need to quickly overcome the water barrier, and they had problems.
In particular, the authors of the publication recalled the Russian battalion-tactical group, which was destroyed in March 2022, trying to force the Seversky Donets river; The inability of the enemy is overcome by the Dnieper River in order to hold Kherson in 2022 or to capture him in 2024.
Ukrainian troops, writes the publication, control rivers with the help of drones and artillery, and even when some forces of the Russian Federation reach the opposite shore, they are then destroyed.
At the current stage of the war, the invaders tried to cross the Oskol River in order to re -capture Kupyansk of the Kharkov region. Their attempts lasted since December 2024, and after they turned out to be unsuccessful, in March 2025 the Russian Federation began to use another tactic – to look for Ukrainian positions with drones and coordinate the fire in the support of infantry, which tried to land on the other side, writes Forbes. The operation ultimately failed due to Ukrainian systems for the fight against drones and the lack of coordination with Russian artillery.
According to journalists, the Russian units lack “collective training”, in particular the replenishment of the Russian Federations often undergo minimal training, they lack the experience and possibilities of collective teachings.
As a result, many Russian attacks are carried out by small units, and not within the framework of larger coordinated operations.
