Russia to Hire Contract Soldiers in Bid to Avoid Unpopular Draft. Russia is preparing to enlist more contract soldiers as it presses its invasion of Ukraine, aiming to avoid at least for now another mass call-up that could undermine popular support for the war
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They’re called mercenaries.
Mercenaries are illegal, contracted military isn’t
And it lets you commit war crimes without fault
“They banned mercenaries so we’ll just call them something different”
Potato…
Typical military euphemism. It’s not “war department”, it’s “defense department”.
Mercs, PMCs, same old thing with a fresh new “friendlier” label.
So when are they going to enlist some Somali pirates
