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One Year of War Part 3: How Western Weaponry Has Affected Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

2023/2/23
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乔治·巴罗斯详细分析了西方先进武器,特别是HIMARS系统,对乌克兰战场形势产生的重大影响。他指出,HIMARS系统使乌克兰能够打击俄罗斯后方目标,有效削弱了俄军的火力和推进能力,为乌克兰夏季和秋季的反攻创造了有利条件。他还描述了ISW如何利用视觉、文本和遥感数据制作控制地形的每日地图,以及如何通过地理定位技术精确确定战场事件的位置。巴罗斯强调,ISW的分析不仅依赖于数据本身,更重要的是对数据的解读和在地形上的可视化,从而揭示战场几何变化和俄罗斯作战能力的受限。他以对乌克兰打击俄罗斯弹药库的分析为例,说明了如何利用NASA FIRM传感器的数据来证实HIMARS的有效性,以及如何通过分析热异常和红外光谱特征来判断俄军火力的下降。 梅森·克拉克与乔治·巴罗斯讨论了西方武器援助对俄乌战争的影响,以及普京所谓的“红线”问题。他们指出,乌克兰有效地整合了西方提供的武器系统,并取得了显著的战果,这与一些人认为乌克兰无法进行攻势作战的观点相悖。他们还分析了克里姆林宫关于西方武器交付的声明与实际情况之间的差距,指出普京所谓的“红线”并没有得到实际执行,这可能是为了限制西方的决策。最后,他们展望了未来战争的走向,认为尽管目前局势看似僵持,但俄乌战争仍将持续,乌克兰在获得更多西方军事援助后,仍有机会发动反攻,而西方应加大对乌克兰的军事援助,以帮助其取得胜利。

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This chapter analyzes the Ukrainian army's effective integration of Western weapons, focusing on HIMARS' impact on battlefield gains and operational planning. The discussion highlights how HIMARS strikes on Russian rear areas degraded their artillery capabilities and impacted their offensive operations.
  • Effective integration of Western weapons by Ukrainian forces
  • HIMARS played a critical role in the Ukrainian counteroffensives
  • Targeted strikes on Russian supply lines and logistics nodes degraded Russian artillery capabilities

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Russia Team Lead Mason Clark and Russia Analyst and Geospatial Team Lead George Barros discuss the effects of HIMARS and other advanced Western weapons deliveries on the conflict and the nature of Vladimir Putin's so-called red lines in the conflict. George provides insight into how ISW produces its world-renowned maps of the war in Ukraine. ISW is marking the first anniversary of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine with a three-part interview series between ISW Russia Team Lead Mason Clark and senior members of his team to discuss the war so far, their assessments, and ISW's research methodology.