Russian mercenary for Slavonic Corps standing in front of vehicle with homemade armor. Via VKontakte
There Are Russian Mercenaries Fighting In Syria -- Mitch Swenson, War is Boring
And they have no idea what they’re doing
Evidence indicates Russian contract soldiers were operating in Syria in October.
Fontanka.ru, a news agency based in St. Petersburg, has reported that as many as 267 Russian contractors were stationed near Pres. Bashar Al Assad’s home province of Latakia in the beginning of October.
The soldiers were members of a private military corporation based in Hong Kong named the Slavonic Corps and were originally assigned to “guard” several oil fields near Deir ez Zor, a city in eastern Syria that has seen intense fighting and jihadification by Al Qaeda-affiliated group Islamic State of Iraq and Sham, a.k.a. ISIS.
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WNU Editor: This was a completely botched operation. The original article that broke this story is here.
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