Russia is using mercenaries to make it look like it's losing fewer troops in Syria

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Russia is using mercenaries to make it look like it's losing fewer troops in Syria
Business Insider Ben Brimelow 17 hrs ago

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    More than 100 Russian mercenaries reportedly died when trying to attack a US-backed Kurdish position after US personnel called in airstrikes.
    The attackers were originally labeled as "pro-Assad" fighters, but Bloomberg reports that they may have been Russian mercenaries working for the shadowy private military company known as Wagner.
    Russian mercenaries have been reported in Syria before. Their deaths are not listed as casualties by the Russian government, meaning the true cost of Russia's intervention could be higher than the official count.

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