Russia is now using fake trenches against Ukrainian forces. This was revealed by Michael Kofman, a leading American military analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA).
Kofman is well known for his expertise in the Russian Armed Forces. On Thursday, July 20, he shared Russia's new defense tactics against Ukraine.
Russia Now Using Fake Trenches Against Ukrainian Forces
According to Business Insider's latest report, Kofman said that the Russian military is continuously adapting to the war against Ukraine.
In the previous War on the Rocks podcast, the military expert said that Russians are building fake trenches to lure Ukrainian troops.
He added that these fake war trenches are filled with land mines, as well as remote-activated mines.
"Once forces jump into them, they have parts of trenches that are intentionally empty," explained Kofman.
He added that these fake trenches are specifically designed to blow up the forces of Ukraine.
The things that Kofman saw during his previous visit to Ukraine with other war experts show that Russia is further adapting to what's happening in Ukraine.
Kofman said that the kinds of adaptations done by the Russian military are beyond the common defense tactics.
Are Fake Trenches Effective?
Since no videos are showing if the fake trenches of Russia can eliminate Ukrainian troops, it is hard to conclude if they are really effective.
The fake Russian war trenches were revealed after a video showing Ukrainian Special Operations Forces troops defeating Russian soldiers in a trench went viral.
On the official video of Ukraine SOF, you can see how Ukrainian forces were able to overwhelm the Russian trench occupiers.
These Russian troops tried to take down the Ukrainian forces. However, they were killed one after another.
The Twitter video of SOF generated over 1 million views and more than 5,000 likes.
It is unclear if the viral footage of Ukrainian troops storming into a Russian war trench pressured the Russian military to come up with a counteroffensive strategy.
If you want to watch the actual Ukraine SOF video, you can click this link.
