ウクライナ軍の戦略は、一撃離脱戦術と主要都市の要塞化の二本立て。
An outgunned but resilient Ukrainian military is adopting a two-prong strategy in the face of
a flawed but fierce Russian assault, relying on hit-and-run tactics and the fortification of major
cities as President Vladimir Putin’s campaign enters a more perilous phase・・・
燃料補給の遮断に重点を置いており、既に大きな効果を挙げている。
Ukraine’s focus on choking off fuel supplies already has had outsize effects on the battlefield.
With Russian vehicles holding in place, Ukrainian forces have attacked, leaving smoldering
wrecks and giving Russian soldiers a grim choice: stay inside their vehicle where they’re
vulnerable to a possible missile strike, or try to escape on foot and face the likelihood of
being shot or captured.・・・
NATO加盟を阻む原因の一つである軍隊の分散化が、この戦争に於ける最大の財産に。
Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), an Army veteran who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, visited
Ukraine in recent weeks. That its military remains decentralized - one of the deficiencies
preventing Ukraine from joining NATO - might be among its best assets in this war,
he said in an interview.・・・
歴史には、比較的少数の戦闘員が、路地、屋根、トンネルに潜り込み、
大規模な攻勢を長期間に亘って阻止した例がたくさん有る。
History is filled with examples of a relatively small number of fighters digging into a city and
its many alleys, rooftops and tunnels, and holding off a large assault for long periods of time,
Spencer said. He cited the Battle of Mosul, in which Islamic State militants held out for nine
months beginning in fall 2016 as Iraqi forces backed by U.S. air power took back a major city,
block by block.・・・
しかし、いずれウクライナは都市を失うか補給が出来ない状態に成り、
より反乱的なものか都市地下作戦に移行せざるを得なくなる。
“Ukraine will eventually lose the cities, or reach a point where they can’t resupply them, and
they’ll have to transition to more of an insurgency or urban underground” operation.・・・
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/05/ukraine-military-strategy/