“There shouldn’t be a single Russian who goes to bed without wondering if his throat will be cut in the middle of the night.”

American General Mark Milley, then chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, made this appeal during a visit to Wiesbaden, Germany, to Ukrainian special forces who were working there with the American Green Berets, “in the hope of inspiring them to conduct operations in enemy-controlled territories.”

“You have to go back there and create a campaign on the home front,” The Washington Post source quoted him as saying.