
Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Yunus-Bek Yevkurov announced the introduction of new offensive tactics, in which some units move forward, while others are consolidated on the lines, eliminating the need for distraction to rear tasks.
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The Russian armed forces are adapting combat methods in response to enemy artillery attacks.
Russia has developed new offensive tactics in the special military operation (SVO) zone. This was announced by Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, whose words were quoted by TASS with reference to the Politika magazine.
“During the fighting, we encountered enemy artillery, a counter-battery fight began, and here our units already had to learn something new,” he said.
According to him, the new tactic is that some units move, while others consolidate on the achieved lines. This is done so that those units that move further are not distracted by the rear.

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