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International News Title: US airstrike killed 'dozens' of Russian contractors in Syria [200+ dead Cossacks?] The men were working for a private Russian company called Wagner, which has sent hundreds of private contractors to Syria to help both the Russian military and pro-regime forces, according to people who knew them. One of the dead was 51-year-old Vladimir Loginov. Like many contractors who have gone to Syria, he was a member of a Cossack group of ultranationalists who have also fought in eastern Ukraine. The exact number of Russians killed in the airstrike is unclear. Reuters reported yesterday that dozens had died, though that was unconfirmed. The New York Times also suggested dozens of Russians were killed in a report today: A Syrian military officer said that about 100 Syrian soldiers had been killed in the fighting on Feb. 7 and 8, but news about Russian casualties has dribbled out only slowly, through Russian news organizations and social media. However, Bloomberg is reporting today that more than 200 Russian contractors died in the strike: This is a big scandal and a reason for an acute international crisis, said Vladimir Frolov, a former Russian diplomat and lawmaker whos now an independent political analyst. But Russia will pretend nothing happened. Fox News adds that a Reaper drone also destroyed a Russian made T-72 battle tank on Saturday in the same area, three days after the airstrike that killed the Russian contractors. As for why deconfliction efforts between the U.S. and Russia didnt prevent this, Voice of America reports the U.S. was in contact with Russia before, during and after the airstrike but the Russians had no control over the contractors: He called the attack a perplexing situation, adding that he could not give any explanation for why the pro-government forces would attack a well-established SDF headquarters
When pressed on why the U.S. considered the communication a success when it did not prevent the pro-government force attack, Mattis told reporters on Thursday, You cant ask Russia to deconflict something they dont control. The fact that somebody chose to attack us, and the Russians are saying, Its not us, and we are firing on them to stop the artillery fire, that, to me, is not a failure of the deconfliction line, Mattis explained. Putin has emphasized that no uniformed Russian soldiers were killed in the strike. Grigory Yavlinsky, a politician running for president in Russia, called on Putin to reveal exactly how many Russians were killed in Syria. If there was large-scale loss of life of Russian citizens, the relevant officials, including the commander-in-chief of our armed forces (Putin), are obliged to tell the country about it and decide who carries responsibility for this, he said. Poster Comment: Cossack mercs. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 10.
#7. To: All, redleghunter (#0)
I'd say no survivors. A Russian T-72 that was destroyed by our jets.
I'm sure the Russians were smart enough to put Arabs in the tanks. If that is the case they bailed out on the first site of contact. At least that has been my experience fighting Arab armies. Most of the tanks we destroyed in the Gulf War were empty. First round of M1A1 smoothe bore and hundreds stopped their tanks and jumped out. Unfortunately when they bailed out there were already artillery rounds in the air (time of flight can ruin a day). You can't call those back. Couldn't touch BBQ for months after that.
Unfortunately when they bailed out there were already artillery rounds in the air (time of flight can ruin a day). You can't call those back. Couldn't touch BBQ for months after that. Great anecdote. Even if you think you are hardened to this stuff, no one (who isn't a psychopath) really is. Not that I feel bad. You know they were planning a complete massacre of the Kurds and their American advisors.
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