Ukraine

Bring Back the Anti-Rail Landmine

ZFTWARNING — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:44:00 +0000

Bring Back the Anti-Rail Landmine ZFTWARNING Mon, 07/25/2022 - 5:44pm

Zachary Kallenborn makes the case for Anti-Rail Landmines in Ukraine. Coupling old school concepts with modern capabilities can vastly improve effectiveness: the Civil War did not have dedicated special operations forces to emplace landmines, open-source imagery to easily map a country’s entire rail network, network analysis techniques and tools to identify strategic chokepoints, and modern long-range fires from rocket artillery to drones and aircraft for follow-up strikes on fixed trains and military engineers. Anti-rail landmines should not only serve US operators, but could be provided to allied nations.

Responding to Gray Zone Conflict: Countering Russia in the Donbas and Beyond

Riley.C.Murray — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:38:44 +0000

Responding to Gray Zone Conflict: Countering Russia in the Donbas and Beyond Riley.C.Murray Mon, 06/07/2021 - 1:38pm

U.S. defense planning is hampered by a binary conception of peace and war. An effective response will require a more nuanced approach. Specifically, it will require the U.S. and its allies and partners to better equip Ukrainian forces for both kinetic and non-kinetic operations. The latter must focus on denying the opposition force, in this case Russia, the ability to remain in the Gray Zone.

Placing Putin’s Pragmatism in Perspective

SWJED — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:03:15 +0000

Placing Putin’s Pragmatism in Perspective

In this essay, the author describes and evaluates Putin's pragmatism, explains that this pragmatism grew increasingly assertive over time due to Western encroachments in the Former Soviet Union, and concludes that the crisis in Ukraine shows this strategy has provided significant payoffs for Russia.

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Why Russia's Seizure of Ukrainian Vessels Matters to the U.S.

SWJED — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:46:12 +0000

Why Russia's Seizure of Ukrainian Vessels Matters to the U.S.

Russia is counting on the United States and its allies to calculate that supporting Ukraine with additional lethal and non-lethal aid exposes them to unacceptably high risk of escalation with Russia. But the only side this risk serves to constrain is the West.

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Russia in Ukraine 2013-2016: The Application of New Type Warfare Maximizing the Exploitation of Cyber, IO, and Media

SWJED — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 04:09:13 +0000

Russia in Ukraine 2013-2016: The Application of New Type Warfare Maximizing the Exploitation of Cyber, IO, and Media

This case study for analysis focuses on Russian operations in Ukraine from 2013-2016. Russian decision-making in Ukraine has demonstrated the ability to use cyber and information warfare to influence operations to support military and political objectives, and continued preparation of the cyber environment to create a range of options for future action.

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Counterinsurgency Options for Ukraine

SWJED — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 06:32:58 +0000

Counterinsurgency Options for Ukraine SWJED Fri, 02/03/2017 - 1:32am

The most effective strategy that Ukraine can select against Russian-backed separatists is a population-centric approach; with targeted utilization of their growing special operations capability.