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| Russia Reportedly Recruited Hundreds Of Yemeni Mercenaries To Fight In Ukraine |
| 2024-11-25 |
| [ZERO] A Saturday report in Financial Times has claimed that Russia has recruited hundreds of mercenaries from Yemen to fighting against Ukraine. It comes amid recent Washington allegations that Moscow is increasingly looking abroad to bolster depleting troop ranks. Some of the Yemeni recruits were cited in the FT report as saying they were initially promised jobs with "high salaries" and eventual Russian citizenship, but after a Houthi-linked company got them to Russia they were "forcibly inducted into the Russian army and sent to the front lines in Ukraine." The FT characterized it as a "shadowy trafficking operation" which is an extension of illicit arms dealing between Russia and Yemen, something which has been alleged by Western sources for months now. On Moscow's developing closer relations with the Iran-backed Houthis, who are currently waging a war against Israel and international shipping in the Red Sea, US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking told FT that Russia is "actively pursuing contacts." He alleged that Russian personnel have been in the capital of Sana'a facilitating this dialogue. "The kinds of weapons being discussed are very alarming and would enable the Houthis to better target ships in the Red Sea and potentially beyond," Lenderking said to FT. The FT says it has proof, having published a purported contracted between the Russian armed forces and a Yemeni recruit: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAWV_0viACU |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2024-11-25 17:52 |
| #8 The first cold they will experience is the Ukrainian winter. |
| Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Best_Desert 2024-11-25 14:13 |
| #7 They do get excitable, ‘tis true. Sometimes hysterical. But they also show their links, so one can verify their sources instead of just trusting them. And sometimes they pose the question that leads to additional research. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-11-25 13:58 |
| #6 I think if people really believed and considered ZeroHedge a reliable source, suicide rates would be a lot higher. Black Pills R Us. Not my cup of tea, I always prefer another unrelated source before I believe anything published on ZH. Not that my opinion makes this article false. It's just my opinion that ZH sourcing is usually garbage level. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-11-25 13:09 |
| #5 Guess they ran through their Syrian mercs. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-11-25 12:16 |
| #4 "Aaaiiiieee! I've been |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-11-25 11:09 |
| #3 It's a useful policy, you get weapons in exchange for people you didn't want to have standing around. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-11-25 09:14 |
| #2 The Kremlin doesn't want to conscript folks from Moscow or St. Petersburg, and the 'provinces' are increasingly unwilling to be considered, you have to go somewhere. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2024-11-25 08:55 |
| #1 Yemen, Korea...Now that's DEI. |
| Posted by: alanc 2024-11-25 08:51 |