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abqtommy

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3. Russian mercenaries have been in Syria and Africa now for many years and some of
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 01:17 PM
Mar 2022

them are heading to Ukraine.

https://www.trtworld.com/europe/live-blog-it-will-take-years-to-defuse-explosives-ukraine-55606

Scroll way down

[Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the green light for up to 16,000 volunteers from the Middle East to be deployed alongside Russian-backed rebels to fight in Ukraine.]

https://www.voanews.com/a/experts-warn-russian-mercenaries-in-africa-may-be-headed-to-ukraine/6489731.html

[Russia has been deploying mercenaries to African countries for years. New reports indicate some of those battle-hardened soldiers may be heading to Ukraine to take part in Russia’s invasion of its neighbor. In this report, VOA’s Salem Solomon looks at what the addition of mercenaries into the Ukraine war might mean. VOA’s Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb contributed to the report. Video editor - Salem Solomon
Producer - Jason Godman Graphics - Anand Mistry]

There's a video available at the Africa link above. For many years many of us have
been writing about world-wide Fascism and how we'll need to fight it again. It's here.

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