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KYIV — Vladimir Putin’s plans for a blitkreig, rapid all-out assault, have not gone as planned. Reports from the Ukrainian side show surprising ability of the defensive forces to slow the Russian assault.
This unit had its origins in a terrible crisis. Key point: Special forces can help to deal with all kinds of tricky situations. Here is what the SOBR can do. If asked to name a counterterrorism unit in Russia, most people would probably think of the FSB’s elite “Alpha” unit. Alpha participated in the 1993 constitutional crisis, the Nord-Ost theatre siege and the Beslan hostage crisis, and are called out on the biggest and most sensitive incidents. However, they don’t deal with the majority of terrorism incidents in Russia. Rather, this responsibility falls to the SOBR ( Spetsial’ny...