{"id":257945,"date":"2022-08-28T08:55:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T08:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=257945"},"modified":"2022-08-30T06:23:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T06:23:38","slug":"ukraine-relying-on-us-developed-blueprint-to-fight-russia-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=257945","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine relying on US-developed blueprint to fight Russia \u2013 CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Members of the Kyiv Territorial Defense Unit train in an industrial area of Kyiv shortly before the Russian invasion.<\/p>\n

RT.com \u2013 Aug 28, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n

During its conflict with Russia, Ukraine has been relying on a US-developed doctrine that involves both the military and civilians taking part in defensive activities, CNN reported on Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Resistance Operating Concept (ROC), which is said to provide a blueprint for smaller states to counter larger powers, was developed in 2013 in response to Russia\u2019s conflict with Georgia in 2008. It was further enhanced after Crimea\u2019s \u201cnearly bloodless\u201d<\/em> reunification with Moscow in 2014, which \u201cstunned Ukraine and the West,\u201d CNN said.<\/p>\n

The ROC represents \u201can innovative and unconventional approach to warfare and total defense,\u201d<\/em> and guides the actions not only of the Ukrainian military, but also the civilian population.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all hands on deck in terms of the comprehensive defense for the government of Ukraine,\u201d<\/em> explained retired Lt. Gen. Mark Schwartz, who was in charge of Special Operations Command Europe during the development of the concept. \u201cThey\u2019re using every resource and they\u2019re also using some highly unconventional means by which to disrupt the Russian Federation military.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Schwartz said it was \u201cjust incredible to watch\u2026 despite the unbelievable loss of life and sacrifice, what the will to resist and the resolve to resist can do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Explosions at Russia\u2019s military facilities in Crimea \u2013 far from the front line in Donbass \u2013 earlier in August were signs that the ROC had been in play, claimed Kevin D. Stringer, a retired army colonel who led the development team for the concept.<\/p>\n

Kiev never officially confirmed its involvement in the incidents, but CNN said it saw a Ukrainian government report confirming that it was behind them.<\/p>\n

Russia said the blasts at its Saki airfield in western Crimea were the result of an accident, while an ammunition depot in the north of the peninsula had been targeted in an \u201cact of sabotage.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSince you can\u2019t do it conventionally, you would use special operations forces, and those [forces] would need resistance support \u2013 intelligence, resources, logistics \u2013 in order to access these regions,\u201d<\/em> Stringer said, explaining the alleged actions by Kiev.<\/p>\n

Civilian resistance under the ROC includes nonviolent actions such as boycotting public events, labor strikes, and even using satire and jokes as means of resistance. Violent actions, like using Molotov cocktails, arson and putting chemicals in gas tanks to sabotage enemy vehicles, are also part of the concept.<\/p>\n

Generally, the doctrine calls for a major PR campaign to control the narrative of the conflict, preventing the dissemination of the other side\u2019s message, and keeping the population united.<\/p>\n

Video footage showing destroyed Russian hardware and edited to catchy tunes forms part of the strategy, along with clips of Ukrainian troops rescuing stray animals, and daily addresses by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky \u2013 \u201cwhether intentional or not,\u201d<\/em> CNN claimed.<\/p>\n

At least 15 countries have taken part in some form of training on the Pentagon\u2019s resistance doctrine over the past decade, Nicole Kirschmann, a spokeswoman for Special Operations Command Europe, revealed.<\/p>\n

The program isn\u2019t universal. It\u2019s being tailored in accordance with each country\u2019s population, resources and terrain. CNN\u2019s report mentioned Estonia, Lithuania and Poland as nations that have expressed enthusiasm for the ROC.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ukraine is using strategies developed by the U.S. Special Forces command to resist Russia\u2019s advances, says retired Lt. Gen. Mark Schwartz, who was commander of Special Operations Command Europe. In effect, the U.S. is using Ukraine as a proxy against Russia. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":248493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia","category-ukraine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=257945"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257949,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257945\/revisions\/257949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/248493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=257945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=257945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=257945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}