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The Russians Are Getting Better
Commentary
The West will need to recalibrate its expectations to match reality, which is that this is a war of attrition....
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev & Owen J. Daniels
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Agile Ukraine, Lumbering Russia: The Promise and Limits of Military Adaptation
Commentary
During more than 13 months of war against one of the world’s largest armies, Ukraine’s military has continually stood out for one quality in particular: its ability to adapt. ...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev & Owen J. Daniels
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The Real Key to Victory in Ukraine
Commentary
This emerging war of attrition is more likely to come down to “sustainment”—the ability of each side to ensure a relentless influx of troops, ammunition, and heavy equipment t...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Military equipment especially important in this stage of Ukraine war
Video
Margarita Konaev, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joins Government Matters to discuss the latest in Ukrainian military strategy to counter the...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Can Ukraine’s Military Keep Winning?
Commentary
Ukraine’s military has undergone a radical transformation over the past eight years, thanks to intensive reorganization and reform efforts and billions of dollars in Western s...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev & Polina Beliakova
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Russia’s Urban Warfare Predictably Struggles
Commentary
The complications Russia has encountered in urban conflict in Ukraine’s Mariupol, Kharkiv, and Kyiv are not simply a function of Russian incompetence....
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev & Kirstin J.H. Brathwaite
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Russia: An Assumptions Check | Day 3: CNAS 2021 National Security Conference
Video
As part of the CNAS 2021 National Security Conference, CNAS experts hosted an interactive virtual session to check key assumptions about Russia, the challenges it poses, and h...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Michael Kofman, Edward Fishman & Margarita "Rita" Konaev
