https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/08\/11\/for-ukraine-losing-slowly-might-be-a-winning-strategy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Day by day, meter by meter, the Russian front rolls ever westward. More than a million casualties in, Russia’s general staff shows no sign of slackening; indeed, it is currently increasing pressure across the eastern front. Far-away analysts talk of “frozen” frontlines and “static” positions, but the truth is that the frontlines are a cauldron of combat activity, with Ukrainians fighting frantically to slow the creeping red tide. And yet, demoralizing as all this might seem, this steady loss holds the key to a potential triumph.<\/p>\n
Losing as slowly as possible\u2014husbanding one’s manpower and resources during a careful strategic retreat\u2014is a time-tested strategy against an ostensibly superior force.<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
the slow retreat strategy only works if the enemy eventually breaks\u2014either militarily, economically, or politically.”<\/p>\n
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