from Sputnik News:
An attempt by a Ukrainian sabotage team containing foreign mercenaries to covertly infiltrate Russia’s Bryansk region was thwarted by Russian border guards, with four enemy saboteurs being killed in the process.
One of the deceased bore a “tattoo of the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, US Army Airborne Reconnaissance Regiment,” Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) – the agency in charge of Russia’s border security – said in a statement. The personal effects of the deceased also included items such as a Canadian flag and a “notebook with tactical training notes in English,” the statement said.
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The discovery of foreign weapons, equipment and the aforementioned personal items on the corpses of four saboteurs who attempted to sneak across the Russian border suggest that “foreign mercenaries are working on behalf of the Ukrainians,” says former US DoD senior security policy analyst Michael Maloof.
“They’re being killed and being targeted, as they should be,” Maloof told Sputnik, noting that these mercs are a “fair game” for the Russian forces.
He notes that the “markings” on one of the deceased suggested that the latter was from the US, with Maloof noting that many mercenaries from the US flocked to Kiev’s banners and perished as a result.
“If we had a foreign invasion in this country from outside, the US would probably respond similarly. So the Russian Federation is defending its territorial sovereignty,” he observes.
Maloof also notes that the bodies of the deceased mercenaries apparently bore “markings indicating foreign affiliations in their prior services.”
“Could be even US services,” he muses, adding that these “identifying marks of past affiliations” could be followed up.
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The participation of foreign militants in this thwarted attack indicates “desperation on the part of NATO and the West,” whether these militants were “part of an official NATO force” or mercenaries, says retired CIA intelligence officer and State Department official Larry Johnson.
