Posted on 02/28/2025 6:45:47 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
...The US had previously only confirmed killing 100 or so pro-Syrian regime forces, but multiple outlets reported the number was as high as 300 and that the soldiers were Russian military contractors.
The February battle was reportedly incredibly one-sided, as a massive column of mostly-Russian pro-Syrian regime forces approached an established US position in Syria and fired on the location.
The US responded with a massive wave of airstrikes that crippled the force before it could retreat, and then cleaned up the remaining combatants with strafing runs from Apache helicopters.
Phone calls intercepted by a US-funded news organization allegedly captured Russian military contractors detailing the humiliating defeat. "We got our f--- asses beat rough, my men called me ... They're there drinking now ... many have gone missing ... it's a total f--- up," one Russian paramilitary chief said, according to Polygraph.info, the US-funded fact-checking website.
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Indeed. It was a brilliant operation that stunned the Russians and wiped out hundreds at one time of Wagner Group mercenaries in Syria who were screwing with US forces there and firing on our bases. Result— toastarama. Brilliant multilevel coordinated attacks.
Excellent training...
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