Kyiv: Ukraine’s defence strategy has undergone a remarkable transformation since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. What began as a strategy of national survival and territorial defence has evolved into a much more sophisticated model combining layered defence, drone warfare, precision strikes, electronic warfare, decentralised innovation and attacks on Russia’s military infrastructure. The central problem for Ukraine remains stark: Russia has greater manpower, larger industrial capacity and greater quantities of artillery, missiles and other conventional military resources. Kyiv therefore cannot simply mirror Moscow’s approach. Instead, Ukraine has increasingly…
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