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How the Russian Navy may absorb Ukraine-war lessons

A short answer describes accountability and adaptation as simultaneous parts of Russian military learning rather than mutually exclusive outcomes.

Institutional Learning Military Reform Naval Doctrine Russian Navy Russo-Ukrainian War

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Question

Will the Russian Navy learn from the war in Ukraine or chiefly blame individuals for failure?

Short answer

Both blame and institutional learning are likely because successors have a strong incentive not to repeat the failures attributed to their predecessors.

Notes

Russian institutions are expected to blame individuals while still extracting operational lessons from failure. Harsh treatment of a predecessor becomes an incentive for the next commander to identify and avoid the same mistakes.