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  I think they know their dependency on logistics via rail, so i highly doubt they would gut their brigades to die on the front line but it also wouldn't surprise me if they did
context: Stick a fork in the Russian army >
  
  I'm glad the article called them partisans instead of guerilla fighters. "Partisans" rings a wwii bell that signifies fighting against nazi oppressors more than anything. Good stuff >
  
  Absolutely immediately made me think of yugoslav resistance under tito. Rather than like the veitcong that guerrilla would. >
  
  Could just call them "resistance fighters" too... >
  
  Resistance fighters sounds like French in WW2 >
  
  Amongst others, same terminology in other countries like Denmark and Norway for instance. During WWII the local resistance blew up thw rail lines more than 100 times near my home village. >
  
  Glory to the heroes >
  
  Glory to Ukraine >
  
  PEACE. 
  Peace to Ukraine. >
  
  Russia takes rail transport very seriously, and maintains a large formation (14 brigades, or just over 28,000 men) just for railway construction/repair etc.  With any luck these units have been picked clean to provide frontline replacements and will not be able to keep the logistics network moving.