Russia relying on WWII ground tactics leaves vulnerabilities to modern warfare: UK defense

U.K. defense officials assess that Russia's strategy on the ground could proved vulnerable to modern weaponry as its forces flag on the front lines.

"Russian constructions follow traditional military plans for entrenchment," the U.K. defense ministry assessed in its daily update, noting that Russian tactics are "largely unchanged since the Second World War." Caitlin McFall is a Reporter at Fox News Digital covering Politics, U.S. and World news.

Defense officials pointed out that these dated practices will likely mean Russia’s ground defenses – which have gained little traction in months and lost two significant cities to Ukrainian forces – are "vulnerable to modern, precision indirect strikes."