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US 'Hired Gun' Eliminated in Special Op Zone
US 'Hired Gun' Eliminated in Special Op Zone
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Mercenaries depart to special operation zone driven either by Neo-Nazi ideology or for easy money. Yet since the start of operation, almost 5,000 foreign mercs have been decimated. Another 4,900 fled combat areas.
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American mercenary Jericho Skye Magallon aka Jericho Walker was killed in the zone of the special military operation. He fought in the ranks of so-called International Legion – a notorious band of 'hired guns' who depict themselves as freedom fighters. Magallon's relatives confirm his death on social media. Apparently, he has left behind one child and parents.According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Kiev ramped up its recruitment of mercenaries in order to hide the heavy losses of Ukrainian troops during the failed summer counteroffensive.Russian officials repeatedly stressed, citing the Geneva Convention, that mercenaries are not combatants and this means that they would be criminally liable. Moreover, the death rate among Ukrainian troops is high and hired guns are not an exclusion. For instance, on July 6, Russian forces wiped out a group of Polish and German mercenaries using a long-range missile strike against the military academy in Lvov, Ukraine's west.Foreign mercenaries who managed to escape from the battlefield say that the worst day in Iraq or Afghanistan pales in comparison with a “good day” in the special op zone.
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US 'Hired Gun' Eliminated in Special Op Zone
14:31 GMT 08.09.2023 (Updated: 14:48 GMT 08.09.2023) Easy money and Nazi ideology lure mercenaries, or 'guns for hire' to jump into the hostilities in Ukraine, yet many end up dead. Since the onset of the special op in Ukraine, almost 5,000 foreign mercs have been eradicated. Another 4,900 have fled the combat zone.
American mercenary Jericho Skye Magallon aka Jericho Walker was killed in the zone of the special military operation.
He fought in the ranks of so-called International Legion – a notorious band of 'hired guns' who depict themselves as freedom fighters. Magallon's relatives confirm his death on social media. Apparently, he has left behind one child and parents.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Kiev ramped up its recruitment of mercenaries in order to hide the heavy losses of Ukrainian troops during the failed summer counteroffensive.
Russian officials repeatedly stressed, citing the Geneva Convention, that mercenaries are not combatants and this means that they would be criminally liable. Moreover, the death rate among Ukrainian troops is high and hired guns are not an exclusion.
For instance, on July 6, Russian forces wiped out a group of Polish and German mercenaries using a long-range missile strike against the military academy in Lvov, Ukraine's west.
Foreign mercenaries who managed to escape from the battlefield say that the worst day in Iraq or Afghanistan pales in comparison with a “good day” in the special op zone.
