Russia is a second-rate power with a lot of non-conventional capabilities, but please, this reeks of the most over-the-top propaganda. It is nothing more than transcribing what some MOD flunky fed the reporter. Not that I expect the Kyiv Independent to be objective, but it is especially bad in the British press. It has actually fallen to the BBC to set the record straight on Russian casualties, battlefield operations, etc. Surprisingly, the old BBC has been one of the more objective sources in covering this conflict
That's funny. The other day SACEUR Gen Cavoli who just recently took command is going around saying that Russia is fighting with an intensity that the West never imagined and is unprepared for. It would take years to ramp up production to match the 20,000 artillery rounds per day that the Russians are expending on average.
This is not actually new doctrine for the Russians. We just forgot what their old doctrine was when the Soviet Union collapsed. Apparently the Russians didn't.
“Not that I expect the Kyiv Independent to be objective”
LOL, while one can argue that media in Russia is not independent (yet it is posted very rarely), no can can argue the same regarding Ukraine, anyone not towing the party line has already been jailed (or worse). Which leads to the question...why is stuff like this being posted?