Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
Michael Kofman
Excellent analysis of the rise and fall of Russian volunteer-driven efforts to provide drones and other supplies to the front in the war in Ukraine from @sambendett.bsky.social and @michaelkofman.bsky.social -
warontherocks.com/the-strange-...
The latest Russia Contingency is out. I join Jack Watling to talk about the current battlefield dynamics. We compare notes from recent trips, exploring why Ukraine is doing better and Russian forces are visibly performing worse. warontherocks.com/episode/ther...
New informative interview with @michaelkofman.bsky.social
Some key points:
- 🇷🇺 mil performance is worse, 🇺🇦 is better
- importance of 🇺🇦 "middle strike"
- estimates over 400K Russian fatalities
- challenge of the 🇷🇺 campaign against critical infrastructure
- 🇷🇺 demands unreasonable
- war continues
12/ Responding to a recent War on the Rocks article by @sambendett and @KofmanMichael on the problems of Russia's 'People's Military-Industrial Complex', the 'Russian Engineer' Telegram channel essentially agrees with the authors and the complaints of 'Forge of Mordor':
Weekend listen: @warontherocks.bsky.social update on the war in Ukraine with @michaelkofman.bsky.social & @ryanevans.bsky.social. An invaluable resource since Russia launched its invasion over four years ago. This week: grey zones, Wagnerization, and drones. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Fascinating review of shifting crises in the Russo-Ukrainian war by @michaelkofman.bsky.social on The Long Game podcast. Initiative is mostly on the Ukrainian side, thanks to innovation in drones & other battlefield tech, but Ukraine still needs Western support. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
