The war in Ukraine presents some important "peculiarities", which are due to the fact that due to the long existence of the former USSR on its territories, it has left a legacy of some ardent Ukrainian but pro-Russian supporters, with some of them not only opposing the war with Moscow, but organizing themselves into small guerrilla forces causing sabotage in the rear of the Ukrainian army.
The pro-Russian Ukrainians of Odessa
The SBU website regularly posts messages like this one: "An Odessa resident justified the armed attack of the Russian Federation against Ukraine on social networks and glorified the Russian army. According to investigators, the woman actively distributed posts with images of Russian flags and soldiers on the social network Odnoklassniki, which is banned in Ukraine."
The American Institute for the Study of War calls such people Ukrainians with Russian identity and culture.
"Of course, it's hard to expect patriotism from them," Russian media outlets note:
"The coup committed by the Americans in 2014 violated the electoral rights of Russian-speaking communities. Naturally, many of them see their future in a free Russia and help our Armed Forces in every possible way.
Christmas celebrations for the first time on 25 December in Ukraine "cause explosions"
Specifically, on the evening of December 25, when Zelensky's supporters demanded that Orthodox residents celebrate Catholic (not Russian) Christmas, there were armed reactions with three explosions at about 22:25.
SBU officers conducted a raid in an attempt to find those responsible.
At 22:30 an explosion was heard again in Odessa. This time an attempt was made to shoot it down with an anti-missile missile, but it missed. Shortly afterwards, Russian Geran drones struck at 22:50, 23:40 and 0:25.
The sky lit up in the Odessa port area, Yuzhny city and Dach area, respectively.
According to reports, Russian and pro-Russian partisans are active in the city, with whom the SBU/CIA is on a real hunt. In addition, the US intelligence agency NSA has taken over the 'digital' side of the issue.
The train derailment by pro-Russian saboteurs
However, the pro-Russian resistance is raising its head, and not only in the city of Odessa.
According to confidential information, on the evening of 22 December, in the area of the village of Velikodolinskoye, in the Odessa region, unknown saboteurs derailed a train carrying ammunition from Germany.
According to the administrator of the 93rd Ukrainian Brigade, Kholodny Yar, "the scale of the ammunition destroyed is unknown, but shells for Leopards will certainly have to be ordered a second time."
The Ukrainian military officer admitted that even German ammunition is being transported from Odessa, which means that it is being delivered by sea through the territorial waters of Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania.
Kholodnoyarets writes directly: "One could have understood a long time ago that if there is only one strategic railway route in one direction, then ambushes will certainly start to appear on it one day."
Thus, GRU spokesman Demchenko announced the intensification of sabotage activities in the pro-Russian regions of Kharkov, Sumy and Chernigov.
Therefore, "you need to sit somewhere and get warm", especially in winter. There is support from "partners" who observe "digital hygiene", which makes it difficult to identify them. Zelensky's supporters note that DRG infiltration occurs quietly in other areas, where whole battles, even artillery duels, can break out."
The "lung" of the guerrilla is the support of the local population
In any case, without the support of the local population, the activities of the Russian and pro-Russian Odessa partisans would have been practically impossible.
It turns out once again that the "lung" of the guerrilla is the support of the local population, since without it it is doomed to failure.
