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More than 3,000 in US apply to join Ukrainian forces: Report
Washington Examiner ^ | 03/06/2022 | Mike Brest, Defense Reporter

Posted on 03/06/2022 9:39:44 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: McGruff

Something to consider:

MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. None of the mercenaries the West is sending to Ukraine to fight for the nationalist regime will enjoy the right of combatants under international humanitarian law, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.

“I wish to make an official statement that none of the mercenaries the West is sending to Ukraine to fight for the nationalist regime in Kiev can be considered as combatants in accordance with international humanitarian law or enjoy the status of prisoners of war,” Konashenkov stressed.

He warned that all foreign mercenaries, detained in Ukraine, would be brought to justice on criminal charges.

If the fighters join the Ukraine army then they are not mercenaries..


21 posted on 03/06/2022 10:41:26 PM PST by tallyhoe
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To: Arcadian Empire
Their own country has a Southern border that needs to be defended.

What president is asking for volunteers to go defend it?

Regards,

22 posted on 03/06/2022 10:57:29 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: McGruff

Seriously!

What a brick head -

RUSFED invades UA, indiscriminately wiped out civilians, recruits and provides logistics support to Chechen, Syrian, and Iranian axis fighters, AND then warns western mercenaries of war crimes for defending UA !

We have a real winner... total DNC material with this one ! 👍


23 posted on 03/06/2022 11:53:07 PM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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To: McGruff; SeekAndFind; All

Would their status be secure if they enlisted in the Ukraine army and were wearing a Ukraine military uniform?


24 posted on 03/07/2022 2:25:20 AM PST by gleeaikin (ould the , vitamins,Question authority!)
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To: eastexsteve

No ammo companies are sending bullets to Ukraine.


25 posted on 03/07/2022 2:32:58 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: Cobra64
No ammo companies are sending bullets to Ukraine.

"Russia-Ukraine war: Arizona ammo company to send 1 million rounds of ammo to Ukraine"

AMMO, Inc., which produces high-performance ammunition and components, will send the ammunition free of charge to Ukraine after Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the nation's president, issued a recent plea for additional aid.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/russia-ukraine-war-arizona-ammo-company-to-send-1-million-bullets-to-ukraine

26 posted on 03/07/2022 2:53:20 AM PST by tlozo
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To: Cobra64
No ammo companies are sending bullets to Ukraine.

OK Joe. Mind if I ask why they are sending me advertisements that they are?

27 posted on 03/07/2022 3:18:15 AM PST by eastexsteve
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To: SeekAndFind
Considering the massacre of "Russian Mercenaries" in Syria, who were actually Russian soldier not acknowledged by Russia when asked, I'd reconsider enlisting with any sort of mercenary unit. Vlad might be compelled to return the favor.

Thomas Wictor has a write up somewhere. I'd defer to his version, which really goes into the necessary detail; Putin screwed up and crossed Trump, then got his but whooped, but good.

On February 7, 2018, at Deir Ezzor, we lured a Russian Mobile Detachment Combat Group (MDCG) of 600 men into a trap. The MDCG suffered 100 percent casualties. Virtually every man was killed or injured. That was the end of Russian aggression.

28 posted on 03/07/2022 3:23:38 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: ifinnegan

“And plenty here already work for Putin.”

And no shortage of Bidenistas either.


29 posted on 03/07/2022 3:54:20 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: gleeaikin

“Would their status be secure if they enlisted in the Ukraine army and were wearing a Ukraine military uniform?”

That may help, but I doubt it would meet the intent of the Geneva Convention, which is mainly to protect conscripts who have no choice but to fight for their country. As you get away from that group, it might get fuzzier, but I don’t know the details, other than outright foreign mercenaries have no protection.


30 posted on 03/07/2022 3:58:04 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: Zhang Fei

I hear all sort of media and government flunkies talking about “off-ramps” lately. What ever makes these people think Putin is looking for an “off ramp?” Don’t any of them think for themselves?


31 posted on 03/07/2022 4:48:13 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: BobL

Putin would love to have some captured Americans. He can use them as leverage to get sanctions reduced.

Then again, Ukraine will end the war with a lot of captured Russians, so prisoner exchanges should be possible.


32 posted on 03/07/2022 4:52:30 AM PST by Renfrew
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To: Renfrew

Who knows what value Brandon will assign to captured Americans. He certainly didn’t give a damn about Americans trapped in Afghanistan.


33 posted on 03/07/2022 4:55:59 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Rick Hendricks-—NASCAR team owner said he would donate $2000 to Ukraine relief for every lap one of his cars led in yesterday’s race in Las Vegas.

He had 4 cars in the race, and I am pretty sure he will have run up a bill near $300,000. One of his cars won the race.


34 posted on 03/07/2022 7:36:50 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: SeekAndFind

Rick Hendricks-—NASCAR team owner said he would donate $2000 to Ukraine relief for every lap one of his cars led in yesterday’s race in Las Vegas.

He had 4 cars in the race, and I am pretty sure he will have run up a bill near $300,000. One of his cars won the race.


35 posted on 03/07/2022 7:39:39 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: ridesthemiles

51 laps total.


36 posted on 03/07/2022 7:42:48 AM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: alexander_busek

President DeSantis.

In 2025.


37 posted on 03/07/2022 9:05:01 AM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: hinckley buzzard; BobL; SeekAndFind; tlozo; Cobra64; ifinnegan; All

It is indeed a question if Putin is looking for “off ramps.” I just asked Google “Does Putin have cancer” and there were a lot of articles speculating that this is true. Here is an example: https://meaww.com/does-putin-have-cancer-possible-reasons-behind-russian-leaders-bloated-and-unhinged-face

If this is true, is Putin the kind of person who wants to take the whole world with him in a death spiral? This to include his own healthy young men (soldiers)?


38 posted on 03/07/2022 10:05:57 AM PST by gleeaikin (ould the , vitamins,Question authority!)
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To: caww

Oh, I believe it. We have a decent sized Ukrainian immigrant population in my area. I wouldn’t be shocked to see some of them, and/or first Gen kids going back.

I would not advocate it. But the number doesn’t shock me. I would bet they get a couple thousand in the end.


39 posted on 03/07/2022 10:07:19 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Cobra64

That’s interesting. I’ve seen a couple companies (Remington for instance) saying they are sending a million rounds.

I guess they are lying.


40 posted on 03/07/2022 10:09:44 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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