Some good ideas thus far.
A completely from scratch one would be the POW-escape idea, only start it in a prisoner of war camp in Siberia. PCs might try to make a go of getting out to friendly forces in Iran, or trying to make for US cantonments in Korea, allied PRC forces in China, or getting across the Bering Straits to Alaska.
Another one I have thought might be interesting was an isolated town in the US, UK, or similar that hosted a POW camp for Warsaw Pact troops earlier in the war. Post-nuclear things locally are pretty much chaos, and the town government strikes some sort of deal with at least a portion of the POWs, with the upshot that the local militia ends up being composed of the local sheriff's department, some locals, and a whole slew of ex-pat Russians, Poles, and Czechs with no hope of getting home. Throw in a New America cell nearby, some roving Hells Angels, a group of POWs who decide to go marauder instead, and perhaps some potential recoverable facility like a hydroelectric dam or some such and you've got enough scenario ideas to keep a game going for years.
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