Sunday, June 8, 2014

Western Intelligence Services Admit That Russian Operations In Ukraine Have Been Effective

‘Masterly’ Russian Operations In Ukraine Leave Nato One Step Behind -- Financial Times

The running theme of Nato’s criticism of Russia is that when it comes to Ukraine, the Kremlin has slipped back into a cold war mentality.

But while Russia’s strategic thinking might recall the ruthless geopolitics of the past century, its tactics for military analysts have been a model of warfare in the 21st, employing everything from small groups of unidentifiable specialist personnel to cyber warfare.

In more than a dozen interviews, planners, security officials and members of the intelligence community have spoken of Moscow with universal, if grudging, praise.

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My Comment:  The Russian strategy has also been lucky because Ukraine has been unable to reconcile it's differences.

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