Syrians for Truth & Justice, a Syrian NGO, said in a report released Friday that Russia had asked the Syrian government for a list of fighters who could be ready to go to war in Ukraine.
According to the four US authorities interviewed by the newspaper, Russia is thus trying to get fighters specializing in the urban war to help it occupy Kiev.
The exact number of Syrian fighters is not known, but according to the US authorities, some fighters are already in Russia preparing for war.
Independent operating in Syria DeirEzzor 24 (switch to another service) According to the news site, fighters have been promised to pay $ 200-300 for the good six months of security duty in Ukraine.
Syrian NGO Syrians for Truth & Justice (STJ) said in a statement released on Friday in their report (switch to another service)that Russia has asked the Syrian government for a list of names of fighters who could be ready to go to Ukraine to fight.
According to the report, there has also been interest in the Syrian opposition forces to go to war to fight in the ranks of Ukraine. The President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğanin however, the will has been that Turkey will not send its troops to war in Ukraine. This has also been received as a command by opposition forces in northern Syria, the report says.
Russia has been operating in Syria since 2015 Bashar al-Assadin government support.
Russia also received fighters from Chechnya
Director of Chechnya, Russia Ramzan Kadyrov Already in the early days of the war, Chechen troops were involved in fighting in Ukraine.
On February 26, Kadyrov said in a videotaped speech that none of his fighters have died or even had a runny nose.
“The president made the right decision, and we will carry out his orders in all circumstances,” Kadyrov said, referring to the Russian president. Vladimir Putin.
However, according to the Ukrainian administration, Ukrainian forces destroyed the “Chechen elite” north of Kiev on the same day.
Foreign Policy (switch to another service) Russia has also used images of Chechen troops as a tool of psychological warfare to intimidate Ukrainian troops. The potential deterrent effect is based on the reputation of the Chechen forces in the Russian armed forces as brutally ruthless soldiers.
– They are extremely unscrupulous forces, a kind of foreign fighters. They have no fraternal connection or positive attitude towards Ukrainians, military professor Janne Mäkitalo told Chechen news a week ago.
The use of such forces has been feared to mean that the war will become more brutal.