Ukraine’s New Foreign Legion Takes the Fight to Russian Forces

WSJ ^ | 12-MAR-2022 | Brett Forrest

[SpeedyInTexas]

Spain 1936 all over again.

[HighSierra5]

Whatever anyone says the Ukes are fighting hard against Rasputin.

[BenLurkin]

Not to worry. Russia is also bringing in mercenaries.

[HighSierra5]

Yup. This is a nice little addition reminesent of the medieval fight between eastern Europe and the Muslim hoards.

[McGruff]

Ukraine needs you.

[ought-six]

“Spain 1936 all over again.”

Some comparison is appropriate, at least as far as foreign fighters on both sides.

[ought-six]

“Whatever anyone says the Ukes are fighting hard against Rasputin.”

They are indeed.

[Bayard]

Now the war will be reduced to supply fighting. Russia loses this if they cannot get heavy Chinese manufacturing support.

[DownInFlames]

Another comparison to the Spanish civil war of 36 is the introduction of new military hardware. This is where the ME109 monoplane was first used in combat just like the Turk drone. Shoulder fired anti aircraft and anti armor weapons aren’t new, but they have been upgraded with devastating affect. The modern infantryman has been reborn.

[alexander_busek]

With a U.S.-supplied .50-caliber Barrett M99 single-shot anti-armor precision rifle, the Georgian unit disabled two Russian armed armored vehicles, Mr. Okruashvili said, before falling under a sustained reply from 152-millimeter howitzer cannons.

Is that what the author intended to write?

Regards,

[Dogbert41]

American Deep State, the Democrats, the controlled opposition, NATO, and the EU, along with the corrupt Ukes are the bad guys in this mess. But with a gov controlled media, the people will never see it, as more and more opposing views are being shut down.

[Kazan]

Speedy is all excited that might be able to save some of his neo-Nazi friends in the Azov battalion.

[hawkaw]

How did Trump put it in that debate ... “Wrong”

[DesertRhino]

“After several hours, Ukrainian planes bombed the Russian artillery positions, silencing them.”

LOL, Ghost of Kiev back in the skies again!

[DesertRhino]

American socialist volunteers supported the wrong guys in the Spanish Civil War also.

[SpeedyInTexas]

I hope the Azov battalion kills every Invader they can find.

[Drew68]

But with a gov controlled media, the people will never see it, as more and more opposing views are being shut down.

All of the accounts I followed after the 2016 and 2020 elections have been deplatformed on social media.

All of the accounts I followed for information about COVID have been deplatformed on social media.

All of the accounts I followed during the summer of "mostly peaceful protests" have been deplatformed on social media.

All of the accounts I'm currently following for news about the fighting in Ukraine are being deplatformed on social media.

I guess I keep picking the wrong side.

[Dogbert41]

Well go ahead then! Be my guest! Go fight for Ukraine! Go protect the bio-weapons labs, go protect “the Big Guy’s cut”. What are you doing waisting your time here???

[ought-six]

And the Stuka.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Not to worry. Russia is also bringing in mercenaries.

I'd put a lot of money on the Ukrainian foreign volunteers being much more effective than whomever Putin brings in. The Ukes are going to get a lot of bored western ex-special ops types and other combat veterans.