Diffusion. This is a physics phenomenon that vaguely resembles the state of the battlefield today. The penetration of atoms of one substance between the atoms of another. The penetration of combat units of one side into the ranks of another and vice versa. A two-way process.
Everyone is used to the fact that someone with relevant information about the location of Ukrainian and Russian forces on the battlefield can draw a line on a map and we can all clearly see the situation. In some parts of the front line, this has lost its relevance. In some places, these are entire zones where the positions of the Ukrainian armed forces and the positions of the Russians are mixed. Of course, this is a state of affairs imposed by the enemy. He needs to disorganize our defense by making this process more difficult for us.
When I first described the situation near Rodynske, where we had to look for the enemy in our own rear, I realized that this was not a one-time event. Similar situations were repeated systematically. It was not the first time we had to do a superficial autopsy of Russian tactics, but this case was to some extent special.
Perhaps some bright minds on the other side (I wish they would blow their heads off) had an idea. Like, let’s try to cut off the enemy’s positions from logistics and reinforcements not only with drones from the air. Let’s try to do it on the ground. Fortunately, the replenishment of motorized rifle units for assaults is coming in the right amount. The solution itself is interesting. Perhaps this is how the Russians hope to increase the cumulative effect of the pressure on the front line. They are not just sending soldiers to storm the front. The enemy’s fighters are bypassing our advanced positions and moving further in.
Further along the contact line, which we call so by inertia, they have space to do so. This is due to the pressure from the air. The massive use of drones and the improvement of the quality of this use. This has created a gap between the front lines and their rear.
In this gap, Russian soldiers are starting to act, and they have to come in and gain a foothold. They probably know that they are leaving behind positions where our troops are still located. The latter have to think hard before opening fire on those who try to bypass them, because they realize that the enemy is capable of dismantling their position.
Next, the Russians are advancing in the space of drone hunting. Both their own and ours. In the same space, the rotation of positions that are not cut off from their own has turned into hundreds of special operations every day. Complex and nerve-wracking. They take more and more time and energy.
As the amount of information that the human brain is forced to process in this war is constantly growing, so the number of actions and the concentration required to perform them require more and more effort and more complex planning. This is an additional factor of exhaustion. This affects the work of pilots, who have to be distracted from their work to watch for the next enemy group that has managed to infiltrate. Of course, everyone has to be ready for contact, but pilots lose the ability to perform their primary duties. This is a loss for everyone on our side. You can’t plan and execute the work of a drone strike unit properly if you know that there are faggots running around in your position area. Be that as it may, the type of work and the movements required for it limit you when you realize that the group should be on the defensive, not flying.
It seems that our command decided to show that this is a tango for two and is trying to mirror the rear for the enemy’s advanced units that penetrate between our lines. Maybe cutting them off instead of running around the rear with a potential friendly fire and trying to find them all makes sense.
Where it is possible, for example, we cut off the route to a certain area and interrupt the flow of reinforcements and supplies, and the enemy, having no access to its own support, froze and sought shelter. They minimize their activity. Supplies are received with the help of drones.
If the enemy manages to unblock the route, they become more active. The numerical superiority of the Russians gives them the opportunity to use a large number of crews to deliver supplies to cut-off neighbors, to form special crews to fight Ukrainian drones, etc.
In this way, the two armies penetrate each other’s positions. In the air, by controlling a certain depth with drones and killing from the air. On the ground, by moving behind the enemy’s front lines, cutting them off. Waiting for contact from all sides. In the electronic spectrum, of course. Diffusion. Only instead of atoms, there are soldiers and drones.
However, there is a nuance. Normally, a substance moves from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. If the battlefield is a space where two substances, i.e. two armies, come together, the enemy’s atomic density is obviously higher. And their task is not to mix, but to destroy each other. We have to somehow solve this problem.
