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To: mass55th; Rocco DiPippo

One example:

At night between 7 and 8 February, US forces carried out airstrikes on columns of pro-Assad troops, including a group of Russian soldiers from the so-called private military company Wagner Group, near Deir ez-Zor. This was their response to Russian attempts to seize control of a local base of the Syrian Democratic Forces (an armed Syrian opposition group, mainly consisting of Kurds, backed by the USA) and probably to take possession of a local oil and gas production field. It is believed that dozens of Russians were killed at the spot during the US airstrikes (although it is impossible to determine the precise death toll), which makes it the most serious Russian-US incident of this type since the 1970s.

https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2018-02-21/russian-losses-near-deir-ez-zor-a-problem-kremlin


85 posted on 05/24/2024 10:46:03 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith
NATO's Braintrust


86 posted on 05/24/2024 10:50:37 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: AdmSmith; MeganC; Rocco DiPippo; Allegra; Worldtraveler once upon a time; kiryandil; ...

Thanks for the link. It’s nice that you tried to come to Meggie’s rescue, but MeganC made the bold statement that her “husband fought and killed Russians,” so I’d prefer hearing from her fingertips, her explanation for saying that, and also for her to expound on it. You don’t brag about $hit like that on a public forum, and then suddenly go deaf and dumb when someone asks you to explain.


88 posted on 05/24/2024 10:58:00 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: AdmSmith

I’d previously listed several such incidents for Rocco and he simply ignores these things. They contradict his narrative and the narrative is what matters to him.


89 posted on 05/24/2024 10:59:05 AM PDT by MeganC (Ruzzians aren't people. )
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To: AdmSmith
The Wagners in Syria were mercenaries not RF troops and a good number were Ukrainians
107 posted on 05/24/2024 6:03:23 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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