Author: Ugur Altin

In August 2022, Russian forces launched an offensive that turned the Battle of Bakhmut into one of the bloodiest and most grueling battles of the Ukraine war. The city’s eventual capture by Russia on May 20, 2023, came after eight months of relentless trench warfare, reminiscent of the Battle of Verdun during World War I. Since World War II, the largest global military mobilization carried expectations of a seismic shift in modern warfare. However, the war in Ukraine has demonstrated that while technology has redefined many aspects of life, the fundamentals of modern warfare remain rooted in its brutal, attritional…