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Feb 23, 2023

4 handy tips for veterans who decide to be mercenaries for Russia and fight in Ukraine (yes, it’s satire)

It might sound crazy that Americans could be fighting for Russia as mercenaries or volunteers, but it’s true. Almost from the beginning of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Americans have…

BYTeam Mighty

Feb 23, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Feb 10, 2023

A Russian graveyard is filling up with bodies of Wagner Group mercenaries

The deal put forward to Russian criminals is pretty simple: If you join the Wagner Group to fight in Ukraine and survive at least six months, you get a pardon,…

BYTeam Mighty

Feb 10, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Apr 5, 2023

4 famous mercenaries and armies for hire you’ve never heard of

Military contractors like the ones used in Iraq and Afghanistan may seem like a new concept but mercenaries have been used alongside professional armies for centuries. The trouble with being…

BYTeam Mighty

Apr 5, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Dec 30, 2022

Why the Black Army of Hungary was the most elite fighting force of its time

There are a few things the United States military does to maintain its global supremacy. First and foremost, it maintains a standing, professional force where every soldier, sailor, airman and…

BYTeam Mighty

Dec 30, 2022

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Check out video of US camp in Syria taken over by Russian mercenaries

A video shows the inside of a US military camp overtaken by Russian mercenaries working with Syrian forces, shortly after American troops abandoned it. US forces left the Manbij camp in northern Syria early Oct. 15, 2019, following an Oct. 6, …

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 27, 2018

3 countries where Russian mercenaries are known to operate

Newly confirmed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed in April 2018, that the US killed hundreds o…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 27, 2018