Posted on 03/07/2022 8:56:18 AM PST by nuconvert
Moscow is recruiting Syrians skilled in urban combat to fight in Ukraine as Russia’s invasion is poised to expand deeper into cities, according to U.S. officials.
An American assessment indicates that Russia, which has been operating inside Syria since 2015, has in recent days been recruiting fighters from there, hoping their expertise in urban combat can help take Kyiv and deal a devastating blow to the Ukraine government, according to four American officials. The move points to a potential escalation of fighting in Ukraine, experts said.
It is unclear how many fighters have been identified, but some are already in Russia preparing to enter the conflict, according to one official.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Not surprising at all
Sounds like Russia has become too woke and needs to outsource their war....
Do they get paid in rubles, or Ukranian supermodels?
tiempo segundo at least partner
This Uke war is nearing over btw
Don’t fall for all the bull
Link to WSJ is borken.
Any other sources echoing this?
[putin mode]Because Russia and Ukraine are one people and one country, so much so that we’re willing to import foreigners to come in and kill Ukrainians ...[end putin mode]
Their own soldiers are being killed in the thousands. They’re hiring soldiers experienced in urban combat
Bork, Bork, Bork!
There a hordes of ‘Syrians’ sitting next door in Belorus waiting to crash the border into Poland. But considering these guys ran away from similar fighting in Syria, it’s a mystery to me that these guys would now choose to sign up for the absolute worst type infantry of fighting possible.
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Russia is perhaps the biggest Paper Tiger in the history of the world.
That’s what “press gangs” are for!
Arrgh ready to take the Czar’s ruble?
Wait until you see the perfumed princes of China that have zero combat experiences and are all from single child homes.
Ukraine should recruit Mongolians who still hold to the old ghengis khan warrior creed.
These are extremists , death is a gift
your link did not work
this one should
A paper tiger with nucular weapons.
So it’s going to be Ukrainian honey badgers defending their own country vs ragheads in for the $50 per week pay.
Alex, I’ll take honey badgers for $1000 and the win.
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