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khad
10th April 2014, 19:12
http://rutube.ru/video/23da76616af64d8c146e0d4e70d65984/?ref=logo

"I'm a US citizen"

...who's wearing the uniform of the Ukrainian MVDU
Decolonize The Left
10th April 2014, 19:21
Vid looked a little sketch but the underlying point is not unbelievable, quite the opposite. I would expect the US to be involved in Ukraine at lengths we'll probably never know in full.
synthesis
10th April 2014, 19:37
Why would he have to be private sector?
khad
10th April 2014, 19:56
Why would he have to be private sector?
That's a good point.
Nakidana
11th April 2014, 21:05
Why would he have to be private sector?

Seems most likely, kind of risky to place an agent among rank and file MVD.
SHORAS
11th April 2014, 21:25
That looks staged.
Sinister Cultural Marxist
11th April 2014, 22:30
Why would he have to be private sector?


That's a good point.

Private sector does give more plausible deniability as they could have been hired through the state or private companies and not the US directly, and most of those armed contractors are ex-special forces/marines/infantry anyways so they are no less skilled and capable.
Slavic
12th April 2014, 19:34
That looks staged.

Yea, unless someone can translate what they are speaking, the video just seems odd.
khad
12th April 2014, 20:42
Yea, unless someone can translate what they are speaking, the video just seems odd.
>Where are you guys?
>Where the fuck is he?
>We fucking caught him!
>Who the fuck are you?
>This fucking ***** was the one shooting!
>Hold him!
>Who the fuck are you?
>You've got to be fucking kidding me.
>*****!
>Who are you?!
>I'm a US Citizen
>YOU'VE GOT TO BE FUCKING ME
>IT'S AN AMERICAN
>Guys calm down, you'll kill him
>Don't kill him

Unidentified men in Donetsk
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https://www.facebook.com/MIDRussia/posts/475475109218602?stream_ref=10
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggests that these guys are affiliated with Greystone, an Academi (fka Blackwater) subcontractor.
Vladimir Innit Lenin
12th April 2014, 20:54
Pretty sinister...
tachosomoza
12th April 2014, 21:13
"You've got to be fucking me"

Lol, Slavic to English translation.
Homo Songun
12th April 2014, 22:32
Supposing this guy works for Blackwater... the first thing out of his mouth is "I am an American"? Really? After Fallujah?

Not that I'd put it past the powers-that-be to import a bunch of American mercenaries, mind you.
BIXX
12th April 2014, 23:23
I haven't been able to watch the videos yet, but what exactly is sinister about this? It doesn't seem unexpected or unusual, as far as I can tell. Is there something I'm missing?
Dagoth Ur
12th April 2014, 23:29
The rats in Kiev have been employing mercs in the Southern regions for weeks now. This is public info.
BIXX
12th April 2014, 23:38
The rats in Kiev have been employing mercs in the Southern regions for weeks now. This is public info.


So the issue is that the Ukrainian government is building a merc army? Or what?
Dagoth Ur
13th April 2014, 00:09
Well not really. They're mostly using mercs in areas where they have basically zero control (ie the police won't go bust the heads they want busted) like South and East Ukraine. Even European powers have threatened Kiev over this.
Sinister Cultural Marxist
13th April 2014, 05:43
Supposing this guy works for Blackwater... the first thing out of his mouth is "I am an American"? Really? After Fallujah?

Not that I'd put it past the powers-that-be to import a bunch of American mercenaries, mind you.

I think militants in Fallujah had less concern about creating an international incident by hanging dead American mercenaries from a bridge. The pro-Russian protests in Ukraine are probably a little more aware of their public image. Either they're Russian pawns and they don't want to embarrass Russia, or they are desiring Russian help and they don't want to look like violent fanatics who would embarrass Russia.
adipocere
17th April 2014, 06:04
Supposing this guy works for Blackwater... the first thing out of his mouth is "I am an American"? Really? After Fallujah?

Not that I'd put it past the powers-that-be to import a bunch of American mercenaries, mind you.


My guess is that he feared he was going to be killed right there since he was shooting, so by immediately saying he was American, he became valuable and would be taken hostage instead. He's a merc...it's not as if he's loyal to anything higher than a paycheck.