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Sofia Slonovska highlights Russia's war of attrition and Ukraine's strategic deep-strike successes in recent analysis

Sofia Slonovska, an editorial intern at the Center for European Policy Analysis, reports that Russia is employing a war of attrition strategy to overwhelm Ukraine with mass and scale. While Ukraine has achieved significant success through innovative asymmetric warfare and a deep-strike campaign targeting Russian refineries and logistics hubs, Russia continues to exert heavy pressure on the Donetsk region and maintains a 1,200 km front. Russia's military logic focuses on accumulating small territorial gains and inflicting costs on Ukraine's infrastructure, including ports and filling stations. Although Ukraine has demonstrated growing drone capabilities, it remains vulnerable to ballistic missiles due to limited interceptors. The administration's allies and Ukraine must prepare for a long-term conflict, as Russia possesses a larger mobilization pool and defense-industrial base. Slonovska notes that while Ukraine is far from beaten, it must address bottlenecks in manpower and air defense to sustain the fight against a larger opponent who measures the war in years rather than months.

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