Guerilla warfare is now being waged in southern Ukraine as the defenders seek to disrupt, distract and destroy Russia’s invasion from behind-the-lines. | Mick Ryan | OPINION RussiaUkraineWar
in the south, less Odessa, puts Putin in a position to slowly choke Ukraine’s economy while continuing to pummel Ukraine’s cities, civilians, industry, cultural sites and infrastructure.”
The Ukrainians well understand the threat this poses. With most of its ports occupied by the Russians, and exports curtailed, it is affecting the Ukrainian economy as well as resulting in an increase in prices of food around the world. Both are a strategic threat to Ukraine. The conduct of such a resistance movement, also known as partisan or guerrilla warfare, has precedents in most major conflicts. This dangerous, behind-the-lines, warfare aims to absorb the attention of an occupying army, to slowly bleed its capacity and its morale in preparation for conventional offensives that will liberate that territory. This is what the courageous members of the French resistance did during the Nazi occupation. It is what the Ukrainians are doing now.
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