The Russian side claims that 16,000 people agreed to take part in the war. volunteers from the Middle East. According to one such mercenary, most of them do it for a piece of bread.
The Russian Defense Ministry says that 16,000 volunteers from the Middle East have expressed readiness to take part in the war against Ukraine. At the same time, according to one of these volunteers on condition of anonymity, most of the fighters he knows are taking this step for a piece of bread, according to the Arab service of the BBC.
It will be recalled that on March 6, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Russian leadership had plans to send Syrian mercenaries to the war in Ukraine. Journalists cited US government sources. It was claimed that these were fighters with experience in fighting in urban areas.
According to the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, some Syrian mercenaries consider participation in the war on the side of Russia as a chance for further desertion and illegal migration to EU countries.
According to the above-mentioned volunteer, he personally knows about 200 fighters who have applied to take part in hostilities. However, he clarifies that about 80% of them did it out of extreme necessity.
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Russian propagandists claim that the participation of Syrians in the “special operation” on the territory of our country is an attempt to thank Russia for “helping” in the civil war. At the same time, the Russian Air Force writes:
“Volunteers realize that most of them are likely to die in this war, but they have no choice: food and basic necessities in Syria have risen sharply and people are barely making ends meet.”
We will remind, earlier we wrote that the Russian troops in Ukraine kill Ukrainians only for the sake of murder, destructions in the country are more inhumane, than were observed in Syria and Afghanistan. This was stated in an interview with a volunteer with experience in hotspots Aaron Spreadlin.
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