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To: marcusmaximus

British man captured while fighting with Ukraine

Russian state news agency Tass quotes a military source saying that what they call a “UK mercenary” had been “taken prisoner in the Kursk area” of Russia, part of which Ukraine has held since launching a surprise offensive in August.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rl6jp78dyo

13 posted on 11/25/2024 12:52:21 PM PST by McGruff (Where's Biden?)
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To: McGruff

As the article points out, he isn’t a mercenary, he is part of the Ukrainian armed forces, a foreign volunteer in Ukraine’s International Legion.


16 posted on 11/25/2024 1:34:17 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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