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Captured American mercenaries
2022-06-17
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin

[ColonelCassad] Captured American mercenaries Alexander Dryuke and Andy Hyun.

They were taken prisoner near Kharkov. This is the first confirmation of the capture of American mercenaries.

There is an opinion that they don’t talk about the dead in principle, but they start talking about the loss when the mercenaries are captured and they know that sooner or later they will be shown anyway.

From regnum.ru:
US State Department announced today that another American mercenary "disappeared" in the Donbass.

[REGNUM] Another American “fighter against Russia” went missing on the territory of Ukraine, Ned Price , a spokesman for the US State Department, told reporters on June 16.

According to him, the person in question disappeared several weeks ago.

"I can’t talk about the specifics of this case. We understand that this person went to Ukraine to participate in hostilities. Unfortunately, we don't know all the details," Price said.

“We continue to urge US citizens in every possible way not to travel to Ukraine because of the great dangers posed by Russia,” the State Department spokesman added.

As REGNUM reported earlier, the British media previously announced two American Ukronazi mercenaries, 39-year-old Alexander Dryuk and 27-year-old Andy Hune, captured by the Russian military.

Posted by:badanov

#6  I actually heard Secretary of Energy Granholm use the term "war footing", and Biden is talking about the Defense Production Act. It sure seems like the administration thinks we are back in the Cold War.
WIKI citation: "The Defense Production Act of 1950 (Pub.L. 81–774) is a United States federal law enacted on September 8, 1950 in response to the start of the Korean War.[1] It was part of a broad civil defense and war mobilization effort in the context of the Cold War"
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2022-06-17 13:21  

#5  No truer words at #4.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-06-17 10:50  

#4  US gummint made Ukraine every US taxpayer's hobby. Without any of that "democracy" stuff they like to screech about.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-06-17 10:34  

#3  Being involved in war fighting is bad on several levels. Being involved in somebody elses war fighting really is asking for trouble.

Find a new hobby.

Posted by: Besoeker   2022-06-17 10:31  

#2  If they were nonofficial combatants, I can't see getting worked up over them and sure can't see the US gummint grabbing its ankles to get them out of the stew.

Of course, that will all happen. Media hair on fire in 3..2..1...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-06-17 10:20  

#1  The process is pretty straight forward.
If they had enlisted into the Ukraine military, they will fall under the Geneva convention for POW status. As should all the Ukraine military captured. If they did not, they will fall under spies and mercenaries as far as Geneva is concerned and Russia will use them as political tools or put them on trial and execute them. They had to know the cost of being captured.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2022-06-17 10:17  

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