Russian forces are working to restore maneuver to the battlefield through Soviet deep battle theory but are struggling with implementing the strategy due to current Ukrainian capabilities, the Institute for the Study of War reported in its daily assessment on Feb. 13.

Ukrainian military analyst Kostyantyn Mashovets observed that Russian forces are trying to implement a Soviet deep combat theory to rapidly break through Ukrainian defenses but are failing to achieve its intended effects.

The deep battle theory was created in the 1920s and 1930s to restore maneuver to the battlefield by engaging the enemy on multiple fronts while also targeting enemy assets at all levels with artillery, airstrikes, and rear attacks together with frontal attacks to break defensive lines.

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