OREANDA-NEWS The technologies of digital control of fire support and the battlefield surveillance system used by Russia in the zone of special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine are considered by the West to be their "intellectual failure". ABC columnist Mick Ryan writes about the high assessment of Russia's defense capabilities by the West.

"If decades ago the enemy could detect the breakthrough of minefields (...), now this process takes a minute or two," the journalist said. He noted that Russia has successfully applied both technologies on the battlefield. Rain also said that he considers it an "intellectual failure" of Western countries providing assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"We did not expect the use of this new mesh sensor-firing complex in modern ground operations over the past couple of decades," he concluded. The journalist added that many Western countries noted the effectiveness of Russian defensive structures.

Earlier in Britain, it was stated that German Leopard tanks, transferred to the Ukrainian army by Germany, become prey to Russian anti-tank missiles "Kornet", called "tank hunters".