Mercenaries are always executed and usually never leave the field of battle.
They knew this when they signed up.
They aren’t mercenaries, they’re members of the regular Ukrainian military. I had a friend who was mentally shattered after one of his comrades died in his arms in Iraq. The kid who died was a Mexican, living in the US legally as a resident and serving the United States in combat. I suppose that kid was a mercenary too.
Right. Do I want these guys executed? No. But there is no basis for the outrage that the media is trying to gin up. This is the risk you take when you go to another country to fight.
> Mercenaries are always executed... <
Yep. But the article says they were regular soldiers in the Ukrainian army. I really can’t see how you could tell the difference. For if I were deploying mercenaries, I would take a moment to supply them with papers to “prove” they were in my regular army.
Maybe the Russians are just assuming foreigner = mercenary.
That assumption might have * some * validity.
One of them isn’t a merc. He’s regular and joined up before the invasion. Anyway, it’s academic. The DPR has the death penalty, Rusdia has a moratorium on it but i guess that’s ending soon.
This is a far more disturbing video than the pundits cracking wise about POWs. Let’s hear what FR’s esteemed Putinistas make of it.
Some of us have been saying for some time that the Nazis, NATO expansion and other red herrings were all cover stories and false flags covering up their plans to rebuild the Soviet orbit.
We were mocked.
So, after Putin apparently proving our suspicions (for the umpteenth time) in the last week, Channel 1 obviously decided to dissect it.
Parallels between Putin and Zhirinovsky all brought together in a big chuckle.
Yup, the only open question for them is do they go for their Baltic beach front next, or do they go after Poland because it can make stuff Russia is struggling to buy because of sanctions.
Thanks to France and Germany dithering and blocking aid to Ukraine, with help from American “no dog in this fight” voices, Russia is all set to take a free run at reinstating the Iron Curtain.
Got a few trillion dollars to spare for a New Cold War, ya eejits? ‘cos you’re gonna need it now.
WHAT? They didnt mention that on the video games they played before hand. They thought they could go in, take a few shots and get out and not get shot. And get paid for it all.
Anyone not wearing the uniform of an army is likely to be shot as a spy.
“Mercenaries are always executed and usually never leave the field of battle.”
The reports are they officially joined the Ukrainian military some time before the 2022 Russian invasion. If true, they are not mercenaries.