Russia Transfers Ukraine War Doctrine to Syria
Russia Transfers Ukraine War Doctrine to Syria by Oren Dorell, USA Today
… Russia's recent involvement in Syria's civil war is similar in some ways to its intervention in eastern Ukraine, where it exploited ethnic conflict, provided weapons, employed volunteers and irregular forces and tried to deceive the West about its intentions.
That approach is what Russia's chief of the general staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, calls "new generation warfare."
The Russian military doctrine "combines low-end, hidden state involvement with high-end, direct, even braggadocio, superpower involvement," said Phillip Karber, president of the Potomac Foundation military consultancy. Karber has briefed U.S. military leaders on Russia's military behavior in the Ukraine conflict, based on observations during more than a dozen field visits…