LESSONS IDENTIFIED IN THE RUSSIA’S WAR OF AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE*
LESSONS IDENTIFIED IN THE RUSSIA’S WAR OF AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE*

Summary/Abstract: Entering the second year, the RussianUkrainian war continues to keep the headline in every scientific endeavour on security and defence and, also, in the media. The surprise is not as much as it happens, because after the 2014 Crimea annexation, the ensuing tensions in Donbas and the Winter 2021 Russian build up forces in the area, the perspectives of war were very high, not to mention, obvious. The eyebrows are raised when examining how Kremlin has decided to follow its objectives, whatever they may be, because during the military conflict, they have morphed along the entire spectrum of Military Art: strategic, operational and tactic. In this matter, as demonstrated many times, taking into account the Russian (even) official declarations is not an option to reach realistic conclusions. Thus, the surprise comes from the belligerents’ approach to war, especially from the ways adopted in the strategies implemented in achieving their goals. Choosing the armed conflict with classic military operations carried out in a non-joint approach, instead of the are meant to better explain the concerning events and provide knowledge that help us understand their causes and the consequences in order to build experience, identify the necessary changes to current approach to warfare and implement them in doctrines. Obviously, these lessons can be identified at all levels of the Military Art, and some of them have multi-level implications. We will focus on the strategic level, with some insertions, where necessary, from operational and tactical levels.

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