Thousands of Syrian, Libyan and neo-Nazi mercenaries are being recruited to fight alongside the Russian army.

Pursue the enemy until you kill it.Leave the city in the rubbage.Massive violation.Finish all traces of leaders who can raise those who are defeated. Let the traces of the opposite disappear, no matter how little.

This was a tactic used by all Russian troops to save the regime of Bashar al-Assad when they were cornered in Damascus during the Syrian civil war. They were destructive. They reduced the city of Idlib to stone and put an end to them using the same techniques as ISIS and al-Qaeda jihadists. But most of all, they persecuted pro-Western fighters and exterminated them.

Now Russian soldiers are practicing what they have learned in Syria from the invasion of Ukraine. And they are also urging the Syrian pro-Assad militia who accompanied the Middle East campaign to fight with them. More than 40,000 Syrian mercenaries have already registered on the list announced to go to Ukraine at the Russian Embassy in Damascus. Everyone has experience in battles with Russians.This was the basic requirement requested by the Russian Embassy in Damascus. According to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, already in the separatist territories of Luhansk and Donetsk, about 16,000 “volunteers” are fighting on the Russian side.

Mercenaries of the Wagner group funded by Syrian allies and the Kremlin during an attack on the Syrian city of Idlib. (Twitter)

Since the fall of Tripoli dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi in 2011, Libyan veterans who have come from all aspects of the struggle are also presenting themselves as “volunteers”. The fighters of the Khalifa Haftar army and the Benghazi militia, the Misurata brigade, and even the jihadists of the Benghazi Shura Council. These veterans have been facing each other since 2014, but now they will fight on the same side. Many of them were veterans of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, who fought with the Armenian army supported by Moscow. They are famous for being cruel and barbaric. They say, “Putin's soldiers.”

Jennifer Cafarella of the Institute of War and the National Security Institute of the United States told the BBC that “Syria was a war school for Russia and invaded Ukraine,” said Jennifer Cafarella. Experts who have been conducting military operations of the Kremlin in Syria for many years have reviewed Russia's advance against Ukraine and show that the troops that were in Syria were the most successful. “The most effective military operations that we are seeing in Ukraine are those that are carried out by troops from Crimea, where the Russian Southern Military District is effectively pushing to essentially secure the Ukrainian coast.” “, he explains.

“This is relevant because the Southern Military District and its commanders are the people who have been leading the war in Syria. Therefore, in many ways, it is possible to explain why the Russians are the most experienced units in Ukraine and why they are achieving relatively more success on the ground.” He adds.

Libyan militia who fought in their country with the aid of Russia and will now become mercenaries paid by the Kremlin. (Archive)

While mercenaries are offering a six-month contract between $1,500 and $2,000 a month, the Deir Ezzor news network in eastern Syria reported that several young people in the city are only $300. In Syria, the majority of the population lives for less than a dollar a day.

According to the European intelligence report, an unknown number of members of the 25th division, an elite organization that is part of the Syrian army structure and operated as a militia loyal to President Bashar al-Assad by 2019, will travel to Belarus. Tiger Force.Also from the 8 brigade, trained and organized by Russian instructors in the framework of the restructuring of the Syrian army 2 years ago. According to other reports, a group of Chechen militias stationed in the province of Idlib in northwestern Syria, the last opposition fortress of the Arab state, arrived in Ukraine, but to confront the historical enemy of the Russians.

“Violence-oriented foreign extremists traveling through Ukraine pose a clear danger to global security. They have gained greater combat experience in the Ukrainian conflict zone, and when they return, they can have significant violence-oriented firepower in their home country. The ability to successfully plan and carry out attacks in accordance with their ideology increases tremendously.” The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) warned in a report published yesterday in Berlin.

Syrian soldiers who enlisted in Ukraine to fight with the Russian army. One of them has a “Z” badge that characterizes Putin's fighters in this war. (Telegram)

The activities of the so-called Wagner group, directly funded by Vladimir Putin and people close to the Kremlin, are already known. These are about 10,000 mercenaries who were members of paramilitary forces on all fronts that Russia was interested in in recent years. They waged war in Sudan, the Central African Republic, Donbas, Syria, Libya, and trained special forces in Venezuela. They wear Nazi badges on their uniforms. The main promoter is Evgeny Frigojin, the so-called “cook of Putin.”

People who were radicalized in several European countries, from Sweden to Germany, were also enlisted to fight with Russia. The accession of groups such as Slovak conscripts, the Hungarian National Front and the Nordic resistance movement became known. They believe that authoritarian nationalism in the Moscow regime is an example to follow in order to impose on their country. They have received excellent military training. Many are former combatants of the national army with experience in Afghanistan. The squadrons of these neo-Nazi militia were already in Donetsk and Luhansk, who supported pro-Russian separatists before the February 24 invasion. And they faced the so-called Azov regiments, which, although coincidences with the European “brothers”, are also far-right groups integrated into the Ukrainian National Guard. All these organizations actively participate in the chat on the “deep Internet” and recruit new fighters.

Pro-Russian militia employed by far-right groups of several European countries fighting for separatists in Donetsk. (AFP)

Last Friday, Putin said a welcome to foreign forces came after the influx of fighters who were encouraged to travel to the West. He denied the fact that the Syrian army, which was previously recruited, was paid. “If people who want their own free will, not money, want to come and help those who live in Donbas, we must provide them with what they want and help them reach the conflict zone.” He said.

The war in Ukraine enters a very complex and dynamic process where anything is possible, and no one can predict how long it will last. Russian generals believed that they would end the defense of Ukraine in a matter of hours and would surrender to the government of President Zelensky in just two or three days later. Strong Ukrainian resistance, strengthened by Western armament, proved that the Moscow generals were very wrong. After 20 days of the war, they still could not take over the main city. They are in desperate need of a fresh, motivated, well-trained, experienced, and savage army, such as Syrian and Libyan mercenaries, if they want to continue their development.

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