Fighters from the UK pose at a rail station in Lviv. What’s the betting these guys have no actual combat experience? The giveaway, to an actual combat veteran like this writer, is the way they are posing. Their implicit swagger and bravado suggests that they think that they are on their way to a big adventure, when in fact, they are in for a very bloody awakening. Ed.
Moscow Times – March 14, 2024
Russia said Thursday that its forces have killed nearly 6,000 foreign volunteers fighting on the side of Ukraine since Moscow’s full-scale invasion over two years ago.
According to the Defense Ministry, 13,387 “foreign mercenaries” from dozens of countries have fought in Ukraine since February 2022.
Overall, Russian forces have killed 5,962 of those volunteer fighters, it said.
Leading the Defense Ministry’s tally were volunteers from Poland, where 1,497 out of 2,690 fighters were said to have been killed.
In addition, Russian forces were said to have killed 561 fighters from Georgia, 491 from the United States, 422 from Canada, 360 from Britain, 349 from Romania, 147 from France and 88 from Germany.
It was not possible to independently verify the claims.
In the days following Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the creation of an international territorial defense legion consisting of foreigners fighting on behalf of Kyiv.
Among the most prominent foreign units are the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Georgian Legion and the Belarusian Kastus Kalinouski Regiment.
Russia’s military is also known to enlist the help of foreign volunteers as it continues to wage war against Ukraine, recruiting men from African countries, Cuba, Nepal and India, among others.
Not U.S., This Nation Sends Highest Number Of Foreign Mercenaries To Fight For Ukraine
Hindustan Times – March 14, 2024
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I think this is a very low estimate, so why?
It appears to me Russia is playing down the role of NATO militaries, uniform swapping and mercenaries.
Take 13k at face value. While as Ed. points out, some are advanture seekers. The fake media is full of them, but let’s say the majority are ex militaries, then a death rate of 1 in 10 might look realistic, so that puts the foreign total at 100k. But as I say, this Russian data looks low. How many foreign prisoners have they taken?
As I’ve said many times, and some time ago, there’s at least 150,000 foreign fighters in UKraine, and it could be higher.
It has been banded about that Poland has 30,000 in UKraine, wearing Nazi UKraine uniforms, and it’s been said, most of them are dead. This 30k number is over 1 year old.
If their remains get repatriated to the UK (extremely unlikely), then their bones need digging up and dumping on their loser family’s doorsteps.
No rest for this scum.
Strange how our elites welcome dicks like this who fight for their side and call them heroes, but when the other side does it they call them called terrorists and if captured they stick them in black hole Guantanamo.
ward councillors, an enforcement case was raised about the mural in question.
“Our Planning Enforcement team is investigating this as it is effectively an unauthorised advert for the chip shop. The owner has agreed to paint over it.
We will always try to negotiate with the owner before proceeding to a formal planning enforcement notice.”