 Russian military has adapted to battlefield. Russia's military has steadily adapted to changes on the battlefield in its fight with Ukraine, casting doubt on Kiev's plans to win back areas controlled by Moscow, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The Russian military is showing some capacity to learn from early mistakes. The US outlet said in an article, this ability to change tactics could make it difficult for Ukraine to expel Russian forces from its territory. It warned. According to the publication, Moscow is shifting to a strategy of wearing down Ukraine and the West. The conclusions of US journalists have been supported by General James Hecker, commander of the US Air Force in Europe, who said that, we have seen quite a few areas where the Russians are adapting and of course we're paying close attention to that. The Wall Street Journal provided several examples of the Russian army changing its approach in response to Ukraine's tactics and Western supplied hardware. Following the advances of Kiev's troops in Kharkov region last fall, Moscow spent months preparing for medable defenses ahead of the current Ukrainian counter-offensive. It said, because of those fortifications, Ukrainian forces have advanced slowly in the past few months, facing dense minefields while Russian helicopters, anti-tank missiles and artillery pick them off. Moscow has been deploying various types of drones to target the Ukrainian positions in a way that Kiev has struggled to respond to, the article said. Electronic warfare has also been employed on a large scale with Ukrainian troops operating near Bakhmut, complaining that they lose dozens of drones daily because Russian jamming equipment is successfully bringing them down on enemy territory, it added. According to the publication, guidance systems have been installed on older Russian bombs which are often fired from planes outside Ukrainian airspace. Ukraine struggles to detect and shoot them down with their Soviet-era aircraft, it acknowledged. Moscow has moved its command posts and arms depots further from the frontline, putting them out of reach of HIMA's multiple rocket launchers, provided to Kiev, by the US, the article noted. Russia's military-industrial complex has also been adapting, managing to sustain and even increase defense production of some items despite sanctions. The outlet stressed.