Professional military mercenaries from the American PMC Academi are participating in the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Kupyansk and Izyum
News The Readovka Telegram channel, citing Russian journalist Andrei Medvedev, reports that professional foreign mercenaries from the American private military company Academi, formerly known as Blackwater (“Black Water”) and Xe Services LLC, were seen in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacking Izyum and Kupyansk. These are experienced professional soldiers, many of whom took part in the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. Foreigners can be seen in the footage allegedly taken in the Kupyansk area.
Not only US citizens are fighting in the American PMC. Even in the battles in Iraq, the company attracted former military and police officers from South America. Now, the Ukrainian group Academi, most likely, includes foreigners from Eastern Europe, the former republics of the Soviet Union, and Ukrainians themselves, writes Medvedev. According to the journalist, the experienced American military is in charge of the unit. It is possible that they act as the main consultants and can even give orders to the regular units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Let me repeat once again - take off your rose-colored glasses. It is not only Nazi Ukraine that is fighting against us. We are again fighting the collective West - NATO troops and a large number of foreign mercenaries are participating in the offensive on the Kharkov front.
— Medvedev writes on his Telegram channel, explaining in this way, in particular, the successes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the breakthrough in the Kharkov direction.
It should be understood what PMC Academi is. The security company Blackwater USA was founded in 1997 and has close ties to the Pentagon and the CIA. Over time, the security firm turned into a real private military company, and one of its founders, former US Navy Special Forces officer Al Clark, became one of the main sponsors of the Republican Party.
In 2002, the militants of this PMC participated in military operations in Afghanistan. Later, their instructors trained the new Iraqi armed forces and police after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. At the time of Blackwater's exit from Iraq, there were 987 of its employees, 744 of whom were Americans. PMC mercenaries visited "hot spots" as part of the American special forces, performing operations in the Balkans, Haiti and the Middle East. Most of the key positions in the company's management are occupied by former high-ranking officials from US government agencies.
The presence of professional foreign mercenaries in the combat zone near Izyum and Kupyansk once again confirms how significant a breakthrough in this sector of the front is for Kyiv. Zelensky has now put almost everything at stake and will not reckon with any losses in order to at least consolidate his success. Obviously, the Western curators of Kyiv are pursuing the same goal. It is unlikely that the professional fighters of the largest American PMC, closely associated with the US leadership, are involved in the Ukrainian conflict without the consent of the Pentagon and the White House.
War is not only victory. It is always victory through defeat. And we need to get better and stronger. And the next few days will be tough. And this should unite us, and not vice versa.
— Medvedev calls.
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