“Banzai attacks” in Ukraine – Putin’s army evokes memories of World War II tactics. In trench warfare, Russia benefits from Ukraine's lack of ammunition and relies on ruthless attacks with waves of soldiers.

Russia usually loses between 800 and 1,000 soldiers per day in the Ukraine war. Added to this, Russia is repeatedly using “human attacks’ against Ukrainian positions. In the short term, the storm attacks appear to be successful, but in the long term they could be costly.