The Bloomberg report says 200 Russians KIA, based on leaks from US and Russian sources. Wouldn’t surprise me if Russian mercs were vanguard units. Iranian, Syrian, Lebanese and Afghans fighting in the regime’s behalf seem to be played-out, morale-wise, despite firepower superiority and air dominance. My impression of Muslim units is that they seem more comfortable in hit-and-run guerrilla-type engagements than in knock-down drag-out fights.
The estimated Russian dead would account for a reduction in the volume of bleats from Turkey about US troops getting killed if they fail to evacuate Manbij. If Uncle Sam has no qualms about tangling with the Russians, is the Turkish invasion force really immune from getting zapped in much the same way?
Hard to say, unfortunately Euro Globalist NATO has been revered by the American Deep Swamp Swamp since it's inception and Greece has been forced to put up with this Turkey crap since Turkey was ushered into NATO.
Both Turkey and NATO have a lot of splanin' to do.
LOL-- guess the Kurds are putting up a stiffer resistance than he anticipated.
The Bloomberg report says 200 Russians KIA, based on leaks from US and Russian sources. Wouldn’t surprise me if Russian mercs were vanguard units. Iranian, Syrian, Lebanese and Afghans fighting in the regime’s behalf seem to be played-out, morale-wise, despite firepower superiority and air dominance. My impression of Muslim units is that they seem more comfortable in hit-and-run guerrilla-type engagements than in knock-down drag-out fights.
Not Mercs. This sounds like regular Russian GRU or FSB units. They were the first into Ukraine. There are some great before and after photos of one company of them getting blown to bits in the early stages of the Donetsk Airport Battle.