Episode 19
Ukraine’s cheap drones wreak havoc in Crimea
Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch · Dmitri Alperovitch, Michael Kofman
August 22, 20221h 2m
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Show Notes
Dmitri Alperovitch discusses the impact of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian military facilities and logistics in Crimea with Michael Kofman (Research Program Director in the Russia Studies Program at the Center for Naval Analysis). And Dmitri's theory on the Russian masterplan for Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant
Topics covered:
- $10,000 Chinese UAVs are Ukraine's new asymmetric weapon in the war of attrition in Ukraine
- Russia's plan for Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant
- Ukrainian planned counteroffensives and the state of Russian progress in the Donbas
- Why is Moscow changing commanders in this war every few months?
- Effects of Russian shadow mobilization campaign on current war and long-term force structure
- Russian artillery ammo stocks
- Russian attempts to rebuild Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) inventory