The Economist article is based on this original paper, which includes a well-written, extensive executive summary: Meatgrinder: Russian Tactics in the Second Y

The Economist article is based on this original paper, which includes a well-written, extensive executive summary: Meatgrinder: Russian Tactics in the Second Year of Its Invasion of Ukraine by Dr Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds, 19 May 2023 - HTML wrapper with executive summary: https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/special-resources/meatgrinder-russian-tactics-second-year-its-invasion-ukraine https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/special-r... - Full PDF paper: https://static.rusi.org/403-SR-Russian-Tactics-web-final.pdf https://static.rusi.org/403-SR-Russian-Tactics-web-final.pdf