Ukraine's Counteroffensive Faces Challenges from Russia's Improved Tactics and Weaponry.

Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia's heavily fortified defenses and improved weaponry could turn into a long battle of attrition. Russia has learned from its mistakes and improved its electronic weapons, turned heavy bombs into precision-guided gliding munitions, and built "textbook" defensive lines. Despite Russian weaknesses such as low morale and poor coordination, it maintains a numerical advantage in troops and weapons. Improved Russian electronic warfare systems have destroyed about 10,000 Ukrainian drones a month, while they also have been able to intercept and decrypt Ukrainian tactical communications in real time.