Elite Ukrainian units have had a significant effect working behind the lines of the Kursk offensive. These are classic unconventional warfare tactics, writes US Special Forces officer LTC Doug Livermore in his latest CEPA article. War is never a happy experience, but these must be satisfying days for Ukraine’s special operations forces soldiers. After the war stagnated into a largely static conflict, their role was restricted. Now they’re off the leash.
Kursk Oblast, just across the Ukrainian border, provided near-perfect territory for the cloak-and-dagger work of Ukraine’s veteran elite units. It is a key logistical hub and base of operations for Russian military activities in eastern Ukraine, is thinly defended by a Russian army that didn’t see the sucker punch coming, and houses vital railways, supply routes, and military installations.
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