Friday, November 28, 2025

pincers and encirclements - Siversk and Lyman





Ukraine can slow Russian advances to a crawl, but they will increasingly face the choice of losing men and territory or just losing territory while retreating to other more defensible positions. 

Stay-behind and/or partisan forces could help. The preparation for that needs to come well in advance of any other retreat. 

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Operation Gladio was a covert NATO operation during the Cold War, designed to establish "stay-behind" armies in Europe to counter potential Soviet invasions and influence, often involving controversial tactics and connections to right-wing terrorism.
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