The Ukrainian Armed Forces have significantly reduced the effectiveness of the Russian army’s key tactics.

Ukrainian military forces have significantly reduced the effectiveness of one of the Russian army’s key tactics, which Russia has actively used to advance along the front over the past two years.

The Wall Street Journal reports this.

We are talking about the tactics of the so-called “leakage” of small assault groups, when Russian units with small forces gradually consolidated their positions in new ones.

According to the publication, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have learned to quickly detect and destroy such groups through the use of drones, mobile units, and coordinated counterattacks.

Against this backdrop, the pace of Russian army advancement in 2026 was the slowest in the past two years.

Analysts estimate Russia’s monthly losses at approximately 35,000 killed and seriously wounded soldiers, but this has not produced significant results at the front.

Rob Lee, an expert at the American Foreign Policy Research Institute, noted that Ukrainian forces have significantly improved cooperation between drones and infantry. He added that ground drones and mobile clearing teams are increasingly being used.

At the same time, analysts are still cautiously assessing the situation and are not talking about a turning point in the war, but rather about a gradual shift in the dynamics of military operations in Ukraine’s favor.