Russia spent years prioritizing offensive weapons while neglecting its air defenses. Now, according to RAND defense researcher and engineer Michael Bohnert, Ukraine is exploiting that gap — and expanding its window of opportunity before Moscow can adapt its defenses.
In this interview with Independence Avenue Media, Bohnert explains why fuel shortages, production bottlenecks and strikes on Russia’s military supply chain are slowing Moscow’s recovery — and what that means for the war in Ukraine.


