At the moment, the war against the Russian Federation is moving to the "positional" stage; Ukraine needs superiority in the air and on land, since a protracted war will give the enemy the opportunity to build up its military potential, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny said in his article for The Economist.

"Ukraine not only halted an invasion by a far stronger enemy but liberated much of its territory. However, the war is now moving to a new stage: what we in the military call 'positional' warfare of static and attritional fighting... This will benefit Russia, allowing it to rebuild its military power, eventually threatening Ukraine's armed forces and the state itself," the article says.

Zaluzhny notes that positional warfare carries enormous risks for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Ukraine, so the only way out will be superiority over the enemy in everything, namely air superiority, significantly improved electronic warfare and anti-battery warfare capabilities, new mine clearance technologies and the ability to mobilize and train more reserves.

In addition, the commander-in-chief points out that it is necessary to focus on modern command and control, as well as streamlining Ukrainian logistics, while simultaneously destroying the Russian system with longer-range missiles.

"New, innovative approaches can turn this war of position back into one of manoeuvre," Zaluzhny said.