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War in Ukraine: military strategies

With slow progress on Ukraine’s counteroffensive and Russia showing no sign of quitting, the conflict is shaping up to be a long war

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Russia’s new offensive zeroes in on eastern Ukrainian city
Moscow has gambled on pouring troops, bombs and artillery into large-scale assault on Avdiivka
Military briefing: the medics battling on Ukraine’s ‘second frontline’
Poor quality tourniquets and lack of medical training are costing soldiers’ lives, say volunteer doctors
Military briefing: the advance of Ukraine’s ‘mosquito navy’
Despite an essentially shipless maritime force, Kyiv has pushed back Russia’s Black Sea fleet and hit its bases
The hard lessons from Ukraine’s summer offensive
The country’s military is enjoying some success but it will be slow-going and requires allies to increase ammunition supplies
Military briefing: Kyiv ignores calls for reset of its ‘sneak and peek’ tactics
Attritional campaign in the south seeks to break Russian defences to enable breakthrough
Military briefing: Ukraine switches to artillery power for eastern push
After heavy losses in early counteroffensive, Kyiv changed tactics to pound Russian defences and clear path for infantry

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