Logistics Warfare
By:Giorgio Provinciali
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Mykolaivka When we approached, the rubble was still smoking, and several fires raged in the remains of businesses and houses along the main road. Among the ruins, we saw a man kneeling with his head in his hands. He was unmoving, despite thick, hazy clouds making the air unbreathable and sudden explosions forcing us to drop to the ground. As we moved to rescue him, we realized his wife had just been rushed away after the explosion of a Russian Geran drone tore off her right arm and leg. The only ambulance that arrived was already full of other injured people, so he had to stay there. In front of us were the remains of the shop where the woman worked. A little further on were the remains of their home, the cage where their two dogs had been trapped in flames, and nearby, the wreckage of their burning car. That mans small family business produced honey, and some beehives still remain there. These are civilian targets that the Russians blindly attack every day to disrupt Ukrainian logistics toward Donbas.
The Russians had just carpet-bombed Mykolaivka for the second time in two days, so much so that just before halting our journey again, we stopped in front of the rubble of a farmhouse along the main road from Pavlohrad to Pokrovsk.
The Russian Armed Forces are striking with unprecedented ferocity at all the Ukrainian villages along the supply routesto that city because the frustration and losses are such that they are striking deadly blows against everything. The logistical and organizational innovations promoted by the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army, Oleksandr Syrsky, are increasingly making their lives very difficult in that sector. Not advancing but having already declared its conquest, the Russians are unsuccessfully attempting to disrupt logistics to Pokrovsk. Ukrainian men, vehicles, and equipment continue to rush along the primary and secondary arteries.
Learning from past mistakes, under Syrskys leadership, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have restored and reconfigured supply routes to ensure supplies even under extremely difficult conditions. At the same time, they have launched active interdiction operations against Russian supply lines to Pokrovsk, leaving mined roads, using drones, and carrying out targeted attacks on enemy vehicles and logistics.
Russian forces are facing severe issues maintaining these supply lines, to the point that they are forced to move on foot in small groups of five or even just two men, because heavy vehicles cannot advance.
Likewise,they are unable to evacuate the wounded, consolidate their positions, and bring new groups of soldiers to Pokrovsk alive. If the Russian advance is suffering such setbacks that it is preventing the achievement of an objective declared not two days ago, but two years ago, it is thanks to the incredible valor of the Ukrainian armed forces. Without going into too much detail so as not to provide useful information to the enemy,one of Syrskyjs great achievements was to quickly implement innovations that guaranteed the rotation and resupply of Ukrainian troops, while simultaneously degrading Russias mechanized capabilities and ambitions for conquest.
Despite carpet-bombing Ukrainian villages behind Pokrovsk,the Russians are unable to disrupt Ukrainian logistics or secure their own. This meansthey are unable to consolidate positions or sustain long sieges. This type oflogistical warfare less visible than a frontal assault but, in many cases, more lethal for the occupying forces can slowly erode an adversarys potential without necessarily having to fight every inch of ground in direct combat. The maneuvers deployed by Syrskyj are not just temporary tactics; they showUkraines increasing ability to manage modern warfare through logistics, resilience, and counter-logistics, conserving manpower and ammunition against an enemy that relies on field superiority rooted on outdated Soviet military doctrines.
This is a crucial aspect that perhaps only those here can grasp. The vast majority of analyses conducted remotely completely overlook these factors.One of the earliest reforms introduced by the Zelensky government was focused on renovating the road network. Sometimes even criticized by those who dont experience the realities of war firsthand, this measure saved Ukraine from collapse.
Faced with widespread Russian attacks on railway infrastructure, he enabled troops and equipment to cross the country in less than half the time compared to before. Thisextensive network of nearly endless routes, easily navigable and even defensible,enabled Syrskyj to implement a modern military doctrine grounded in a thorough understanding of the enemys forces. This madesupplies, mobility, and countermeasures not just support elements but a true strategic weapon.
THANKS TO ALL WHO BACK US IN THESE HARD TIMES
感謝所有在這段艱難時期支持我們的人
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後勤戰
作者：Giorgio Provinciali
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米科拉伊夫卡當我們靠近時，廢墟仍在冒煙，主幹道旁的商鋪和房屋廢墟有幾處火光衝天。在一片瓦礫中，我們看到一名男子跪在地上，雙手抱頭。他一動不動，盡管濃煙滾滾，空氣令人窒息，突如其來的爆炸聲也迫使我們臥倒在地。當我們準備上前營救他時，才意識到他的妻子剛剛被緊急送走一枚俄羅斯天竺葵無人機爆炸，炸掉了她的右臂和右腿。唯一抵達的救護車已擠滿了其他傷員，因此他不得不留在原地。我們麵前是那名女子工作的商店廢墟。再往前一點是他們家的殘骸，關著他們兩隻狗的狗籠也已陷入火海，旁邊還有他們被燒毀的汽車殘骸。這名男子的家庭小生意是生產蜂蜜，那裏仍然有一些蜂箱。這些是俄羅斯人每日盲目攻擊的平民目標，目的是幹擾烏克蘭向頓巴斯的物流。俄羅斯人剛在兩天內第二次對米科拉伊夫卡進行了地毯式轟炸，以至於就在我們再次停下行程之前，我們不得不在從帕夫洛赫拉德到波克羅夫斯克的主幹道旁，一棟農舍的廢墟前停了下來。
（圖：我身後，就在我撰寫本文前不久，是文中描述的一些蜂箱和蜂蜜生產測試點。所有這些都是平民目標版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
（圖：我在反無人機走廊下記錄了這段影像版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
俄羅斯武裝部隊對沿著通往波克羅夫斯克市的補給線路的所有烏克蘭村莊發起了空前猛烈的攻擊，因為他們的挫敗感和損失如此嚴重，以至於向所有目標進行致命打擊。烏克蘭軍隊總司令奧列克桑德瑟爾斯基推行的後勤和組織創新，正日益使敵人在該戰區的處境非常艱難。俄軍未能向前推進，卻已宣稱攻占了波克羅夫斯克，現在正徒勞地試圖擾亂通往那裏的後勤補給。但烏克蘭的人員、車輛和裝備仍在沿著主要和次要交通幹線快速前進。
烏克蘭武裝部隊在西爾斯基的領導下，吸取過去的教訓，已經恢複並重新調整了補給路線，以確保在極其困難的條件下也能保障供應。與此同時，他們對俄羅斯通往波克羅夫斯克的補給線發起了積極的攔截行動，布設地雷、使用無人機，並對敵方車輛和後勤進行定點打擊。
俄羅斯軍隊在維持這些補給線方麵麵臨嚴峻問題，以至於他們被迫以五人甚至兩人為一組的小隊徒步前進，因為重型車輛無法通過。
同樣，他們也無法撤離傷員、鞏固陣地，或將新的士兵隊伍活著帶到波克羅夫斯克。如果俄羅斯的推進遭受如此大的挫折，以至於阻礙了他們實現不是兩天前，而是兩年前就已宣布的目標，這要歸功於烏克蘭武裝部隊令人難以置信的英勇表現。不詳述過多細節以免給敵人提供有用信息，隻說瑟爾斯基的一大成就，是迅速實施了創新，保障了烏克蘭部隊的輪換和補給，同時削弱了俄羅斯的機械化能力及其征服野心。
（圖：我在烏克蘭米科拉伊夫卡，一枚俄羅斯（即中國製造）無人機爆炸後不久版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
盡管俄羅斯人對波克羅夫斯克後方的烏克蘭村莊進行了地毯式轟炸，但他們仍無法擾亂烏克蘭的後勤補給，或確保自己的供應。這意味著他們無法鞏固陣地或進行長期圍攻。這種後勤戰雖然不如正麵突擊明顯，但在許多情況下對占領軍而言更具殺傷力可以緩慢削弱對手的潛力，而不必在直接戰鬥中爭奪每一寸土地。瑟爾斯基部署的這些策略不隻是暫時的戰術；它們表明烏克蘭日益增長的通過後勤、韌性和反後勤來管理現代戰爭的能力，在對抗一個依賴過時蘇聯軍事教條、戰場優勢的敵人時，能有效節省人力和彈藥。
（圖：我在米科拉伊夫卡遇到的一位真正勇敢的人版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
這是一個關鍵方麵，也許隻有身臨其境的人才能領會。絕大多數遠程分析完全忽視了這些因素。澤連斯基政府最早推出的改革之一，就是專注於改善公路網。盡管有時會受到那些沒有親身經曆戰爭現實的人的批評，但這一舉措使烏克蘭免於崩潰。
麵對俄羅斯對鐵路基礎設施的廣泛襲擊，他使得部隊和裝備能夠以比以往少一半的時間穿越全國。這張幾乎無盡的廣闊路線網絡，易於導航且具備防禦能力，使瑟爾斯基能夠實施一套基於對敵軍軍力深入理解的現代軍事學說。這使得補給、機動性和反製措施不僅僅是支援要素，而是一種真正的戰略武器。
（圖：當我抵達這個村莊時，火焰仍在燃燒。版權所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
