Thread by @TheStudyofWar

"It's going to have a terrible effect on morale for the Russian forces, officers, and commanders who are going to be operating within #Ukraine."

@TheStudyofWar #Russia analyst @georgewbarros spoke with @insidermildef about the impact of #StormShadow missiles on Russian tactics:

https://twitter.com/insidermildef/status/1659880745106653184

2/ "#Ukraine used the HIMARS to degrade the effectiveness of #Russia's battlefield tactic, which depended heavily on Moscow's ability to stage massive amounts of artillery shells near the front line to sustain a high rate of fire, [@georgewbarros] said.

3/ "To mitigate their new problem, Russian forces had to move their ammunition back outside the range of the HIMARS to prevent it from being destroyed."

4/ "Barros said the implication is that Russia's tactic 'will be reduced even further' because it will require the Russians to undertake even more stringent sustainment and protection measures to avoid [Storm Shadow's] long range."

5/ "This means pushing ammunition depots and command and control efforts even deeper into occupied territory and away from the front lines."

6/ "Beyond forcing the Russians to once again try to figure out how to protect key positions from a long-range strike capability, Ukraine could use its Storm Shadow missiles to instill a fresh sense of fear into Moscow's commanders who previously thought they were out of range."

7/ "[...] Russian commanders now understand that Ukraine has the potential capacity to deliver a warhead right to their location [...] The more that these commanders are exposed to Ukrainian fires, I expect their survivability to decrease.', Barros said." businessinsider.com/russia-adapted…