ATfter the invasion of Ukraine, the disastrous state of the Russian army is the other strategic surprise of the century. The soldiers in charge of following the developments and the doctrine expected everything, except what they have seen for six weeks: an army, certainly, powerful – is it not presented as the second in the world? – but unable to wage a war of conquest against a neighbor who, she thought, was no match for her. A fine observer of contemporary conflicts, the French colonel and historian Michel Goya remains amazed at what he observed from the first hours of the invasion, at the end of February. “Their communication networks are not working well, the logistics are not working either. Accustomed to operating its logistics by rail, they…
