{"id":1350781,"date":"2026-01-29T12:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/what-is-better-to-destroy-the-russian-or-his-logistics\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T07:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T05:04:29","slug":"what-is-better-to-destroy-the-russian-or-his-logistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/what-is-better-to-destroy-the-russian-or-his-logistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Killing Logistics Works Better Than Killing Soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Source: Author&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/johnsmith4enko\/posts\/pfbid02zG8aHjnqwGzMRthaQDMXX7NG5CTPCBS9eCDEtr9E9DWyenbu73wXeWQ7VsUiUv3Bl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yigal Levin and Ryan O\u2019Leary argue that instead of accelerating the destruction of Russian infantry, the focus should shift to dismantling Russian logistics\u2014both along the front line and deep in the operational rear.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"105\" data-end=\"128\">Strange statements.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"130\" data-end=\"338\">Targeting Russian logistics and equipment\u2014without striking the factories that produce and repair them\u2014amounts to hitting the leg, not the heart. It can only be regarded as a tactical move, not a strategy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"526\">Destroyed Russian soldiers, however, cannot be replaced. A soldier is not a piece of equipment but a unit that requires twenty years of \u201cproduction\u201d and the formation of social ties.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"528\" data-end=\"691\">Moreover, the destruction of hundreds of thousands\u2014or even a million\u2014Russian soldiers inevitably shapes future opponents of war among today\u2019s Russian children.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/war-of-attrition-and-meat-assaults-how-innovations-of-the-armed-forces-of-ukraine-led-to-colossal-losses-of-the-occupiers\/\">War of attrition and \u201cmeat assaults\u201d: how innovations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine led to colossal losses of the occupiers<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"304\">Therefore, inflicting 500,000 casualties on the enemy within a year constitutes a strategic approach.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"415\">Strategy is about sharpening society itself\u2014its will to win, its intellect, its strength, and its spirit.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"673\">Ukraine must destroy key Russian production facilities in both strategic and operational depth, as well as ammunition logistics and command structures. This directly reduces the pressure on our frontline infantry while degrading Russian infantry units<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"774\">To do this, we must conduct proper intelligence work and analysis\u2014and make the right decisions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"776\" data-end=\"965\">Meanwhile, \u201cswamp patriots,\u201d accustomed to sausages priced at 2\u201320 kopecks, should come to the same conclusion they did in the late 1980s: that they do not need such statehood at all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also, follow \u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 Materials published in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section reflect the opinion of the author of the publication, who bears full responsibility for the accuracy of the information.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The editorial staff of prm.ua may not share the opinions expressed in the author&#8217;s material.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The owner of the webpage in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section is the author of the publication.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Author&#8217;s Facebook page Yigal Levin and Ryan O\u2019Leary argue that instead of accelerating the destruction of Russian infantry, the focus should shift to dismantling Russian logistics\u2014both along the front line and deep in the operational rear. Strange statements. Targeting Russian logistics and equipment\u2014without striking the factories that produce and repair them\u2014amounts to hitting the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1350745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76893],"class_list":["post-1350781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1350781"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1351221,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350781\/revisions\/1351221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1350745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1350781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1350781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}