Behind enemy lines, Ukrainian partisans played a key role in the battle for Kherson
http://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2022/11/24/behind-enemy-lines-ukrainian-partisans-played-a-key-role-in-the-battle-for-kherson_6005440_4.html
November 24, 2022
In parallel with Ukrainian forces, civilians acted clandestinely in the territories occupied by Russians.
This is by definition one of the invisible aspects of the war in Ukraine. However, according to Ukrainian officers that Le Monde met in recent months, clandestine military operations in enemy territories have made a significant contribution to resisting the Russian invasion.
Between "fighters infiltrated by the special operations command, who act on orders" and "ordinary civilians who become partisans and pass on information" to the Ukrainian army, clandestine action greatly influenced the battle in the Kherson region and was "at the heart of the victory," said General Dmytro Marchenko, who coordinates partisan operations in southern Ukraine from his command post in Mykolaiv.
According to the Ukrainian forces, the Russian army suffered considerably from the destruction that prompted it, on several occasions, to flee the battlefield in the face of the scale of losses, impacting headquarters, barracks, ammunition depots, tanks and artillery positions.
General Marchenko confirmed that the role of partisans and human espionage has been very important. According to him, three command posts, with Russian generals present, were destroyed thanks to information transmitted from behind enemy lines.
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(But other sources confirm (to me) that Ukrainian partisans are helping to make life difficult for the russian invaders.)
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