theatlantic.com The Only Way the Ukraine War Can End Russia has to stop fight

"More important, another commander told me, the team works “at the
horizontal level,” meaning that members coordinate directly with other
groups on the ground rather than operating via the army’s chain of
command: “Three years of experience tells us that, 100 percent, we will
be much more efficient when we are doing it on our own—coordinating with
other guys that have assets, motivation, understanding of the
processes.” Horizontal is a word that describes many successful
Ukrainian projects, both military and civilian. Also, grassroots. In
other words, Ukrainians do better when they organize themselves; they do
worse when they try to move in lockstep under a single leader. Some
argue that this makes them more resilient. Or, as another member of the
team put it, Russia will never be able to destroy Ukraine’s
decision-making center, “because the center doesn’t make all the
decisions.”"