Active/Passive.

This is coolbert:

Such a statement by Vlad should be seen as significant. I reasonably infer that is the case.

"Putin: Russian Armed Forces switches to 'active defense'”

"The Russian Armed Forces are improving their position and switching to active defense along the entire contact line, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the program 'Moscow. Kremlin. Putin' published by journalist Pavel Zarubin on his Telegram channel on October 15."

From https://eu.eot.su | article by Rossa Primavera, Olga Skopina © Rossa Primavera News Agency |  15.10.2023. 

“What is happening now all along the contact, this is called ‘active defense’. And our troops are improving their position almost all over this space. On a quite large space,” 

"Putin specified that this applies to the Kupyansk, Zaporozhye and Avdeevka directions. The Ukrainian counteroffensive is not stalling, but has completely failed, Putin summarized."

RUSSIANS NOW CONTENT WITH THEIR POSITION VIS-VIS THE UKRAINIAN? RUSSIANS REALIZING THEY NO LONGER CAN SUSTAIN OFFENSIVE MILITARY OPERATIONS. LACK THE WHEREWITHAL NOW AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE? RUSSIAN PLANNING FOR THE LONG TERM!

Think active defense as a retrograde operation with a mobile defender in a planned manner engaging the enemy as the rearward movement occurs. Shoot, you move, you shoot again.

Think passive defense as defense from strong-points. Passive non-mobile combat as in contrast to active mobile combat.

The consequence will be static-warfare as defined, heavy casualties both combatants, neither adversary able to prevail. Sort of like the trench-warfare situation that lasted in the War in Donbass from 2014 through 2022!

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