Ukraine is investing millions in new defensive fortifications.That will make it even harder for Russia to get any victories, an expert told Business Insider.Attacking has been harder than defending in this war, so Ukraine has a new advantage.
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A tactical shift by Ukraine will likely make it even harder for Russia to gain new territory in its invasion, an expert told Business Insider.
Ukraine last month announced it was investing nearly $500 million to build fortifications. The New York Times reported these would be along its Russian border and in the eastern Donbas region.
Riley Bailey, a Russia analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, told BI that Ukraine’s defenses will make it “harder for Russian forces to attack head on into entrenched fortified positions. They have already shown routine difficulty in doing this.”
The problem for Russia is that it is more difficult in this war to attack an area than to defend it. Russia has already struggled to make progress, and these fortifications will likely make its goals even harder to reach.
Attacking is hard in Ukraine
Offense is often harder than defense in land warfare, but experts said that’s particularly true in this conflict. That’s at least partly due to flat terrain and the huge number of drones in the sky, making surprise all but impossible, Bailey previously told BI.
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