# No tanks, lone soldiers: Ukraine details new Russian assault tactics

https://mins.news/en/item/66363

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-09-20 15:04 UTC
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- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/no-tanks-lone-soldiers-ukraine-details-new-russian-assault-tactics/

> Joint Forces Task Force spokesperson Viktor Trehubov said Russian troops are increasingly attacking in groups of only a few soldiers or individually to pass through the “kill zone.” As drones become widespread on both sides, tanks and other heavy equipment have become rare, with Russia largely abandoning tanks for assaults unless it has mass drone support or poor weather grounds Ukrainian drones.

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