We were told there was a Russian trench line and our job is to go into the trenches and clear them out and hold them until the auxiliary units come and then we go back.” Byrne said his unit, consisting of 40 Ukrainians, Americans and Britons, were taken to an area near the front or ‘Zero Line’ with no air cover or drones. A pair of Ukrainian tanks withdrew, leaving them with no support.
They make war look like fun and if you screw up you just lose your weapons and have to re-start the level. Eventually you get access to a nuke and you win the game. Nothing to it!
No sympathy for these mercenaries / guns for hire - let's not quibble with terms.
They went in thinking they'd be killing Russians easily - believing the hype - when in reality the Ukrainians are being slaughtered.
Reality is a harsh mistress....
"its a genocide", said the machine gunner with nazi tattoos
The guy is an Irish embarrassment. Even Unkranians are smarter than that. They are just forced to be involved.
He doesn't have that " Thousand yard stare" That veterans of ww2 had after a month or more of combat.....
I blame computer games!
They make war look like fun and if you screw up you just lose your weapons and have to re-start the level. Eventually you get access to a nuke and you win the game. Nothing to it!
Why any sympathy for paid killers at all? How are war mercenaries any different from MS-13 or mafia killers?
You fight for them, almost die for them, your countries sent them billions only to be told you bought the wrong ticket!
Oh the irony!
At least he got some souvenir tats.
You volunteered to go into the front lines of a fucking warzone. No shit it's horrible.