Major General Pierre-Joseph Givre, Director of the Centre de doctrine et d'enseignement du commandement, analyses the breaks and continuities on the battlefield. In his view, this war seems to be a continuation of what has been observed since the beginning of the 21st century, with an amplification and an accumulation of new technologies, new capabilities and new modes of action.
In particular, he sees it as "an integral war, not a total war": "What is an integral war? It's the war of the M2MC, multi-milieu and multi-field, before the war actually breaks out, and when it breaks out in the sense of physical confrontation. The war in Ukraine began in Africa, with Wagner, with disinformation, and France was targeted in particular. It began with cyber attacks at a strategic level against European countries, against France, and with disinformation campaigns."
General Givre also highlights the innovative capacity of the Ukrainians, who "have understood the advantages of using civilian technologies and applications for military purposes". For example, "the Shazam of the drone", in reference to the consumer application that can recognise any music being played: "They put the application in front of the drone because Shahed drones make a lot of noise, it gives them the altitude, speed and distance, the information immediately passes to the effectors in the sector, and one of them will hit it. It's extremely intelligent."
