WotR: Inside Russia’s Shadow Military Sustaining the War
WotR: Inside Russia’s Shadow Military Sustaining the War
“The Nevsky Battalion is accepting volunteers.” This recruitment ad appeared on Russian social media in summer 2025 and is hardly a one-off. Swap out “Nevsky” for “Wolves,” “Saint George,” or any of three dozen similar formations and a pattern emerges: Russia is leaning ever harder on irregular forces to sustain its war on Ukraine.Moscow’s use of irregular units has transformed its military into a hybrid war machine. They are institutiona...
“The Nevsky Battalion is accepting volunteers.” This recruitment ad appeared on Russian social media in summer 2025 and is hardly a one-off. Swap out “Nevsky” for “Wolves,” “Saint George,” or any of three dozen similar formations and a pattern emerges: Russia is leaning ever harder on irregular forces to sustain its war on Ukraine.Moscow’s use of irregular units has transformed its military into a hybrid war machine. They are institutiona...
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