There was a firefight in Syria in the last few weeks. A few hundred operators paid by Russia attempted to take an oilfield held by US personnel and Arab forces.
The Russian convoy did not have AA, armor or air support. The Americans knew about the plan ahead of time and had artillery dialed in, along with 4 Apaches.
There were not many survivors.
WWI levels of stupidity in Syria.
Mattis - grow a brain.
According the article may nit have been many Russians either.
That was on February 9th. When they attempted to cross the Euphrates River to the US side. The Combined SAA forces had armor (T-72), but it did not last long.
AC-130 Spooky played a major role in filing the hospitals in Moskva and St Pete’s
“Don’t cheer, boys. The poor devils are dying” - Admiral John Woodward Phillip at the battle of Santiago.
I’m not sure ‘Russian mercenaries’ means paid by Russia. Also plausible would be Chechens (muslim Russian mercenaries) paid by Saudi Arabia.