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[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago

Russia is sending Mercs across the whole of Africa to saw at the legs of France's empire. One of the big reasons Macron seems miffed.

Ukraine has been doing the same. Small teams across the globe that mess with Russian interests where they are vulnerable.

[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 months ago

The Russian propaganda engine has been working in Africa for a while now. They get the chaos to distract other countries from Ukraine and fresh mercs to send against Ukraine as well. (I am not sure how many Africans they have imported for the war in Ukraine, actually. It could be hundreds or dozens, I dunno.)

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago

The US operates conditionally in Syria right? So these Ukrainians have better backup and Intel?

[-] slurpinderpin@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Good question. I would guess yes, but I actually have no clue lol

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

Interesting tactic... I hope this doesn't turn into the Pebbleyeet tug-o-war meme.

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Sadly I think it's gonna be more like the Latvian potato meme.

[-] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Nice outside the box thinking.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Ukrainian SOF has done the same in Africa for a while now

this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2024
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