How Mercenaries Are Shaping the Ukraine Invasion (In The Loop)

Christian Bryant explores the mercenary and private security industry and why a state government might hire these companies for combat.
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[whoisme]

You don't need all those men if threatening nukes IMO.

[AMCmachine]

It's like Russia's version of "The Dirty Dozen", only for real.

[gaiafirst]

Would you believe it, the former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen who dragged Denmark into the Iraq war, hired and had Black Water as security firm. As the first PM ever to have something like that in this little 5 million people country of ours. Oh and by the way he was at the Bohemian Grove as well, as the only Danish PM ever.

[michaelmoses]

After seeing the Russians performance in Ukraine i will not call them a major superpower again, an is not like i ever use to but i grow up hearing people saying they are

[kelhori]

Oh I forgot we got Lyman territory today

[jamesmiller]

You just showed prisoners lined up and a man addressing how does that relate to recruitment how do we even know if this people are prisoners or not, okay even it was how does really change the fact that the conflict is still raging with no end in sight.

[florjanbasha]

Sending prisoners to war because you dont have to feed them, i think thats good thing. Families of tho ones they killed are paying taxes to feed them in prison, so how this is right?

[biondanobile]

Never forget who is the real threat to the world."
List of countries that bombed/attacked America after World War II:
Korea and China (1950-53)
Guatemala (1954)
Indonesia (1958)
Cuba (1959-61)
Guatemala (1960)
Congo (1964)
Laos (1964-73)
Vietnam (1961-73)
Cambodia (1969-70)
Guatemala (1967-69)
Grenada (1983)
Lebanon (1983, 1984)
Libya (1986)
El Salvador (1980s)
Nicaragua (1980s)
Iran (1987)
Panama (1989)
Iraq (1991)
Kuwait (1991)
Somalia (1993)
Bosnia (1994, 1995)
Sudan (1998)
Afghanistan (1998)
Yugoslavia (1999)
Yemen (2002)
Iraq (1991-2003)
Iraq (2003-2015)
Afghanistan (2001-2015)
Pakistan (2007-2015)
Somalia (2007, 2008, 2011)
Yemen (2009, 2011)
Libya (2011, 2015)
Syria (2014-2015)

[goldenaye]

What are the French Foreign Legionnaire, British Gurkha, America Black Water and by the way the video clip is fake with a voice over, the video of the person speaking has been super impose on an actual prison video, go and do your research.

[Dam-a-fence]

Unique political dilemma?
Euphemism?
Another name for inhumane requisites of the inhumane?
Or how about, what "super powers" with a UN veto need?

My grandfather fought and killed so the UN could say no more Nazis again.
The trauma he suffered as a result was passed on to his four sons, and their eight children.
Soon it will be passed on to some of their children too.

UN veto is a slap in the face of that trauma and its legacy.

[JohnSmith-frjs]

America uses PMC's to, Blackwater was an American private military company founded on December 26, 1996 by former Navy SEAL officer Erik Prince.
Blackwater was one of several private security firms employed following the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq.

[glennnile]

What and where are the Wagner Groups vulnerabilities outside the war zone? Where are they from? Where are their family, friends and neighbors and can they be swayed by, in your face protests?

[kaykay]

Sure thing mate lol... They just had 25% of Ukraine vote to join in

[Dam-a-fence]

Private military, private health care.
Translation, you are a slave.

[livianegidius]

You have the same `Black water` merceneries gang

[adotioti]

Nonsense news you try to makes country fight again stop it

[azaleapat]

It is a well known fact that during WWII the USA recruited prisoners to fight. They also asked Lucky Luciano, a well known gangster, to assist in the war effort. And our country did not have a shortage of soldiers at the time. This is not necessarily proof that the Russians are losing.
America kept reporting the numbers killed in Vietnam to try to convince the public that we were winning as support for the war was waning. Much of what was being reported was BS...and we ended up losing that war. The result was a scramble to get out of Saigon...almost as embarrassing as the how we left Afghanistan (except we got Americans and our weapons out).

[lewispeaks]

Ukraine relies heavily on infantry movements, has limited air cover, has much shorter and limited artillery firepower and move around to meet the enemy.
Not to mention machinery will break down more often and there will little foliage for them seek cover under, as Russia has lots of eyes and guns in the sky.
But even more alarming for Ukraine, the energy crisis and the economic woes that have begin to cripple Europe, will severely hamper the ability and the will to assist Ukraine.

Whereas, Russia has full control of air, longer range and more intense artillery firepower. All Russia have to do to dig in, fortify and defend.
I hope this help you.

[james]

God bless Mr Putin and mother Russia !