As small Russian and Ukrainian assault groups slip past the drone wall and trade villages in bloody back‑and‑forth raids, commanders on both sides are losing sense of where the front line actually runs.
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Ukrainians, and Russians in particular, have changed their tactics and are bypassing the drone wall through bold incursions.
All this is making the front line even less clear and more chaotic
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