Russia is exploiting the poorest of the poor with information warfare and false promises.
for a bit of nuance: the majority of latin america mercernaries work for the Ukranian Foreign Legion. and their salaries is a less than half of what Russia pays it mercernaries. so both are exploiting the poorest of the poor. and Ukraine is doind it for cheaper.
An important chunk of the LATAM mercenaries working for ukraine are actual criminals and ex gang members who have been approached by semi-official gov agencies and foreign spy corps to fight for Ukraine in exchange for reduced sentences and clearance of their criminal records. and in some cases like in Columbia and Mexico, their have been arrangements with local social security services to facilitate the process of receiving insurance money if they die fighting for Ukraine.
The facts are Spain has had Latin American foreigners making up nearly 7% of its armed forces in some periods, while Ukraine’s foreign personnel have been estimated at about 2% of the Armed Forces overall and 5–10% of directly engaged combat forces.
Foreigners formally enlisted in Ukraine’s armed forces are described by Ukrainian and international-law sources as combatants, not mercenaries, because they serve under contract within the armed forces and receive the same status and pay structure as other servicemembers.
But the main difference is the attitude toward these Latin American people: in Spain and Ukraine they are provided with respect and support, while in Russia they are sent to certain death, as evidenced by this article.
Ok, so Ukraine has looked for people with combat experience and found them - no big deal in an area with relatively common civil wars and cartel activitiy to find people who know how to use guns, even when not in employ of a cartel. How many of them are “actual criminals”? (being an ex-gang member is a plus if they left the gang mate). And making sure the insurance money goes to the family of the deceased is pretty standard for any mercenary contract.
The russians tell them they will work as a cook or maintance or something before giving them a contract in russian and a beating if they don’t sign until they do. Then russians rip them off: the first thing they do is subtract the cost of the equipment or they make them buy it themselves (that’s why you can buy military gear on WildBerries and makes WildBerries a legitimate target). If they die noone else gets the money, because they are not insured at all, why would the kremlin care?
This is not comparable. One is the common life of a mercenary, and many mercenaries have less than stellar rep sheets, the other is close to a human trafficing victim. Russia doesn’t even care about the lives of their own soldiers, why should they care for some “subhuman” foreigner?
for a bit of nuance: the majority of latin america mercernaries work for the Ukranian Foreign Legion. and their salaries is a less than half of what Russia pays it mercernaries. so both are exploiting the poorest of the poor. and Ukraine is doind it for cheaper.
An important chunk of the LATAM mercenaries working for ukraine are actual criminals and ex gang members who have been approached by semi-official gov agencies and foreign spy corps to fight for Ukraine in exchange for reduced sentences and clearance of their criminal records. and in some cases like in Columbia and Mexico, their have been arrangements with local social security services to facilitate the process of receiving insurance money if they die fighting for Ukraine.
This is rather bulldozing all nuances in order to equalize wholesale the victim and the aggressor.
I am stating facts. which I assume you guys don’t care about.
Didn’t your momma ever teach you to cite your sources when stating “facts”? Or is your daddy Putin more important?
The facts are Spain has had Latin American foreigners making up nearly 7% of its armed forces in some periods, while Ukraine’s foreign personnel have been estimated at about 2% of the Armed Forces overall and 5–10% of directly engaged combat forces.
Foreigners formally enlisted in Ukraine’s armed forces are described by Ukrainian and international-law sources as combatants, not mercenaries, because they serve under contract within the armed forces and receive the same status and pay structure as other servicemembers.
But the main difference is the attitude toward these Latin American people: in Spain and Ukraine they are provided with respect and support, while in Russia they are sent to certain death, as evidenced by this article.
Ok, so Ukraine has looked for people with combat experience and found them - no big deal in an area with relatively common civil wars and cartel activitiy to find people who know how to use guns, even when not in employ of a cartel. How many of them are “actual criminals”? (being an ex-gang member is a plus if they left the gang mate). And making sure the insurance money goes to the family of the deceased is pretty standard for any mercenary contract.
The russians tell them they will work as a cook or maintance or something before giving them a contract in russian and a beating if they don’t sign until they do. Then russians rip them off: the first thing they do is subtract the cost of the equipment or they make them buy it themselves (that’s why you can buy military gear on WildBerries and makes WildBerries a legitimate target). If they die noone else gets the money, because they are not insured at all, why would the kremlin care?
This is not comparable. One is the common life of a mercenary, and many mercenaries have less than stellar rep sheets, the other is close to a human trafficing victim. Russia doesn’t even care about the lives of their own soldiers, why should they care for some “subhuman” foreigner?
Very interesting. Any source for this?
Yeah, his FSB handler.