History's evaluation of Admiral Aifute is rather obscure, characterizing his lack of cooperation as "having no confidence in victory."
In reality, Admiral Aifute's actions were largely motivated by self-interest.
For many years, Russia's Eastern Front battles were commanded by Admiral Aifute, and they were all unsuccessful.
Through these defeats, combined with the Western Front engagements, he eventually concluded: "Defense is the only correct tactic."
This seemed like Petain's approach, but it was more about the lack of confidence in the Russian Army, as the Russian Army was always retreating, making it hard to hold them in the line for defense, let alone offense.
Therefore, when Brusilov proposed a counterattack, he strongly opposed it, considering it an absurd idea, especially upon hearing Brusilov intended to modify carriages with Maxim guns, he vehemently opposed:
"This will not achieve victory, believe me, it has no hope."
