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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 04:26 PM Feb 2022

EXCLUSIVE Russian mercenaries with spy links increasing presence in Ukraine

Source: reuters.com

Russian mercenaries with ties to Moscow's spies have increased their presence in Ukraine in recent weeks, stoking fears among some NATO members that Russia could try to engineer a pretext for an invasion, three senior Western security sources said.

They said their concerns had strengthened in recent weeks that a Russian incursion into Ukraine could be preceded by an information war, and cyber attacks on Ukraine's critical infrastructure such as electricity and gas networks.

Russia could also use the mercenaries to sow discord and paralyse Ukraine through targeted assassinations and the use of specialised weaponry, the sources said.

The United States warned again on Sunday that Russia could stage a "false flag" operation inside Ukraine to justify an invasion. ...........

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-russian-mercenaries-with-spy-links-increasing-presence-ukraine-western-2022-02-14/




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EXCLUSIVE Russian mercenaries with spy links increasing presence in Ukraine (Original Post) L. Coyote Feb 2022 OP
The ones who got their asses kicked by US troops in Syria? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2022 #1
arrest them on trumped up charges or something.... bahboo Feb 2022 #2
I wonder what tfg would be doing if this had happened on his watch. C Moon Feb 2022 #3
Absolutely. "We love you." He was jabbering today about Pooty's strength and intellect. Man crush. Evolve Dammit Feb 2022 #6
He'd give Alaska to Putin. temporary311 Feb 2022 #8
another reason to suspend flights over the area. nt yaesu Feb 2022 #4
Little Green Men Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #5
One can sincerely hope. Evolve Dammit Feb 2022 #7

bahboo

(16,298 posts)
2. arrest them on trumped up charges or something....
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 04:57 PM
Feb 2022

but get them the hell out of circulation for a while...

C Moon

(12,207 posts)
3. I wonder what tfg would be doing if this had happened on his watch.
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 05:27 PM
Feb 2022

My guess is he'd probably would have been making up things about Ukraine, and yelling at NATO.
putin would have had his way with Ukraine, if tfg had succeeded on January 6.

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