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Russia\u2019s strategy has remained basically unchanged despite losing almost 500,000 soldiers in its four-year war with Ukraine, a former commander of U.S. Army troops in Europe said.<\/p>\n

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Retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, calling war a test of will and logistics, sees Ukraine as coming out ahead in both, he said Thursday at the Atlantic Council\u2019s Eurasia Center in Washington.<\/p>\n

He said Kyiv\u2019s fleet of drones is making it dangerous for any Russian convoy or train moving in the southern or eastern parts of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Russians have never changed their approach to what they\u2019re doing. What they\u2019re doing today is almost the same thing that they were doing four years ago \u2014 just trying to overwhelm Ukrainian defenders,\u201d Gen. Hodges said. \u201cThe Ukrainians have figured out their theory of victory: the destruction of Russia\u2019s oil and gas infrastructure, so they can\u2019t raise the financial resources they need to continue the war.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Atlantic Council discussion came the same day Ukrainian drones set a Moscow refinery ablaze.<\/p>\n

Another retired Army officer, Gen. Wesley Clark, urged that the refinery attack not be a one-off event.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s necessary that Ukraine continues to strike the same oil and gas pipelines. They [Russia] get it repaired, so this has to go on and on and on,\u201d the former NATO supreme commander said. \u201cCan they [Ukraine] sustain it? It looks like they can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Retired Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, who, after leaving the Army, became the U.S. ambassador to NATO, said Russia\u2019s inherent military vulnerabilities, like low morale and abusive leadership, along with logistics challenges, will continue to be an issue as the war continues.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThose logistics are meant to supply a relatively low-grade, low-quality armed force,\u201d he said. \u201cCutting off the logistics and depriving a low-quality army of the means of subsistence could end up producing a tipping point in the occupied areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Trump administration\u2019s antagonism toward Europe is letting Russian President Vladimir Putin capitalize on the growing divide between Washington and its NATO allies, Gen. Lute said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are golden opportunities that we\u2019re presenting to Putin to widen those divides and achieve something that Russia, all the way back to the Soviet era, has aimed to achieve: to break the trans-Atlantic link,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s strategy of targeting Moscow\u2019s rear-area logistics infrastructure could cause a morale hit on the home front and soldiers on the front line.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that this is happening in the rear area will cause concerns for average soldiers not getting supplies,\u201d Gen. Hodges said. \u201cThat will cause real problems, just like the population in Moscow and St. Petersburg seeing those refieries on fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gen. Clark said that while the average Russian soldier is poorly trained and receives inadequate logistical support, the Kremlin continues to churn out personnel who will meekly walk into the meat grinder of a Ukrainian battlefield.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey know that if they get captured, they\u2019re likely to get shot when they get home,\u201d Gen. Clark said. \u201cThere\u2019s a fear factor that motivates these Russian soldiers that\u2019s really hard to penetrate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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