• kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    As soon as these mercenaries stop getting paid, they’ll wander off and find another paymaster.

    • SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Note that a good chunk of contemporary Wagner soldiers are forcibly recruited criminals. If there’s something less reliable than a mercenary, that’s a forcibly recruited criminal.