Posted on 03/19/2014 12:29:18 PM PDT by No One Special
The Security Service of Ukraine confirmed March 16 the arrest of a group of Russians in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine. The men were armed with firearms, explosives and unspecified 'special technical means'.
This follows the March 14 arrest near Kherson, Ukraine of several Russians dressed black uniforms with no insignia, armed with AKS-74 assault rifles and in possession of numerous ID cards under various names. One of which was an ID card of Military Intelligence Directorate of the Russian armed forces; commonly known as 'Spetsnaz'.
These men were being guided by an ethnic Russian Ukrainian in what appears to be reconnaissance of the 3 Ukrainian army divisions deployed in Kherson.
Spetsnaz commandos operating in eastern Ukraine would have the missions encompassing general ground reconnaissance of Ukrainian army units. They would also have missions conducting provocateur operations dressed in civilian attire, passing themselves off as local ethnic Russians to stir trouble between Ukrainians and local Russians, organize and provide arms to local militants as happened in Donetsk on March 11.
Spetsnaz is often thought of in the West as the direct equivalent of elite U.S. Navy SEALS or Britain’s Special Air Service (SAS). However, Spetsnaz members even in Soviet days are less individually specialized, engage in much broader clandestine operations and usually operate in more numerous units as compared to Western counterparts.
Among military missions they may perform preparatory to a Russian invasion would be planting explosives at key communications choke points to hinder movement of Ukrainian forces; seizing control of roads, rail heads, bridges and ports for use by arriving Russian combat troops; and possibly capturing or assassinating Ukrainian generals or politicians in key positions of authority.
Additionally however, Spetsnaz also infiltrate themselves into local populations, particularly in a nation where an ethnic divide already exists. Once in place...
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The same spetnaz who seized Crimea in a lightning-fast operation.
Russia will claim they’re really east Ukrainian self-defense force “volunteers.” Nothing to do with us.
Spies can be summarily executed according to the Geneva Convention........................
Spy being defined as any military person found to be in civilian clothing............
Cool beans. From the same site:
There are plenty more where they came from.
Spies can be summarily executed according to the Geneva Convention........................
Why do you think they executed so many spies in the USSR....
Anyone who didn’t follow the state = Spy....
“The men were armed with firearms, explosives and unspecified ‘special technical means’.”
Ummm... Encrypted satellite communications?
“Spies can be summarily executed according to the Geneva Convention........................”
Which is probably why the Russians are detaining the commander of the Ukrainian Fleet at Sevastopol. They probably want somebody to stand up & shoot in case the Ukrainians do the same with their Spetznatz prisoners.
Of course he’s waging covert war in Ukraine. But he’s not stupid.
Public hanging as spies in time of war.
How does it work with countries newly independent after those Geneva conventions? Is Ukraine a signatory now?
“Up against the wall redneck mother”
At this stage of the game S S & S is probably the better strategy.
Just load them onto a Malaysian airliner.
“Andrei... you’ve lost another submarine?”
According to Wikipedia the Ukraine has signed onto all the Geneva Conventions and all the Protocols.
I can imagine a little guy from the UN in green eye-shades arriving in Kiev just after Independence asking them to “sign here” to gain international recognition.
Seriously, I don’t know how that works. Perhaps you inherit certain treaty obligations? I would think that you’d still have to affirm them.
That would make sense, either inheriting those treaty obligations or being pressured into making them anew.
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