The GUR told how the Russian Federation uses Syrian mercenaries as “cannon fodder” in the Luhansk region

the Russian military leadership throws mercenaries from Syria into “meat” assaults in the Luhansk region. Syrians are promised high salaries and paid work, but few return after it. This was reported in the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, reports UNN.

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The aggressor state of Russia continues the practices of “Zhukovshchyna”, using foreign mercenaries in the war against Ukraine as cannon fodder

As indicated in the GUR, war-ravaged Syria has become one of the countries where the Russian Federation actively recruits the male population to conduct hostilities. The mercenaries are promised Russian passports and paid work, after which few return.

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The stories of Mohammed Mansour and Wahid Mursal Al-Shibli were told at GUR. They fought against Ukraine as part of the 488th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 114th Motorized Rifle Division of the Russian occupation army (military unit 12721).

In July 2024, Mansur, as part of a squad of 14 Syrian mercenaries, was sent by the Russians to attack near the city of Svatove, Luhansk region. Ukrainian soldiers covered them with fire. The Russian invaders rejected the request to evacuate the wounded and ordered the Syrians to continue the assault. Mansur, who was wounded, did not obey the order of the Russians and fled from the battlefield. The rest of the mercenary detachment was broken up – the occupiers registered them as missing.

On September 15, 2024, the Syrian public wrote about the death of its citizen during the war against Ukraine – the villager Vahid Mursal Al-Shibli received a Russian passport and went to storm Ukrainian positions in the Luhansk region as part of a detachment of 7 mercenaries. The group was defeated, Mursal was wounded and died due to lack of evacuation. The fate of other fighters of the Syrian detachment is unknown.

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According to the GUR, Russia has set up a scheme with travel firms to recruit Syrians for the war against Ukraine – poor people are first offered jobs as security guards in Russian oil provinces, and then lured with higher wages to participate in “meat raids”.

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