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They are not Russian troops. They are Russian private contractors: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/28/exclusive-russian-blackwater-takes-over-ukr
by vonmoltke 13y ago
They are not Russian troops. They are Russian private contractors: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/28/exclusive-russian-blackwater-takes-over-ukraine-airport.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/28/exclusive-r...
Also, there are only several hundred of them. The 6,000 you are referring to are troops the Russians brought in yesterday. These troops are not appearing "with all identification hidden".
- wismer 13y agoThe commenter may have implied they were troops of the Russian Army, but did not outright say it. Since these few hundred are mercenaries (might as well call them that, not 'private contractors'), they are still an extension of a sovereign nations armed forces.
- ZanyProgrammer 13y agoYep, just like Blackwater, etc were an extension of American might in Iraq. Unless the parent wants to go down teh path of saying that American PMCs in Iraq had nothing to do with American might and power?
- wismer 13y agoI don't think the parent commenter was implying that, either. At the face of it, it is simply minor quibbling over details.
- sp332 13y agoJust a note, Blackwater changed their name to Xe in 2007 and Academi in 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi