More than Just Another Echelon: Defining the Division’s Function in Large-Scale Combat Operations - Modern War Institute (opens in new tab)

The fight around Bakhmut that began in the summer of 2022 and dragged on well into the following year exposed an old truth under new conditions: A brigade can keep fighting while reaching operational culmination. Russian and Ukrainian formations fought through months of dense artillery, drone observation, electronic warfare, damaged routes, and exhausted replacements. Courage