Interpreting the Russian Way of War. Comparative Analysis of Soviet Military Operations with Phase I Russian Operations in Ukraine
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
Year: 2023

The following paper provides a comparative analysis of Soviet military operations in Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan and Phase I Russian operations in Ukraine. The principal object of analysis is the employment of military force within the Soviet and later Russian military operational art outside of large-scale doctrinal conventional warfare. The principal thesis of the paper revolves around providing adequate evidence for two core postulations – the Soviet and later Russian militaries have histo