The first batch – about 1,000 mercenaries – are undergoing training with an emphasis on conducting combat operations in urban areas, Ukrainian intelligence reports.
Russia is recruiting mercenaries in Syria to take part in battles against Ukraine. This was announced today, February 7, by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
It is reported that the exercise is taking place on Syrian territory near the city of Aleppo and the airport of Kuweires.
“The first batch – about 1,000 mercenaries – are undergoing military training with an emphasis on conducting combat operations in urban areas. After completing their training, the Syrian mercenaries will be transported to the Khmeimim airbase, and from there on the territory of the Russian Federation. Upon arrival in Russia, they are given Russian passports, and then mobilized into the army of occupation,” the message said.
The State Intelligence Directorate has published a video showing Syrians holding Russian passports issued within five days.
“Moscow is recruiting the male population in Syria, where destruction and poverty reign, including due to Russia’s participation in the war on the territory of the Arab Republic, through travel companies. Syrians are first promised jobs as security guards at oil refineries in Yakutia, and then lured to “higher paying jobs” in Buryatia. In the city of Ulan-Ud, certified mercenaries will be mobilized into the 5th Separate Guards Tank Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces (military unit 46108) and further participation in the hostilities in Ukraine,” the message said.
The Chief Intelligence Director of the Ministry of Defense believes that the recruitment of Syrians for the war indicates a deterioration in the moral and psychological state of the Russian occupation forces due to large-scale losses and the need to replace them for “more meat attacks.”
Earlier it was reported that mercenaries from Malaysia were seen in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk region, which the Russian Federation took over for the war against Ukraine.
The Russians are also reported to be using mercenaries from Cuba on the eastern front line.
Source: korrespondent
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