Don't think so, 10 has no number, 11 has "20" painted on it.
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Potentially 40,000 Syrian mercenaries signing up for Russia.
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The first Syrian troops to join Putin’s ranks – an advance force of 150 – arrived in Russia on Thursday, European intelligence officials claim. Ukrainian military intelligence, echoing a claim by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, believes 40,000 Syrians have signed up to fight – a figure that would represent a sizeable chunk of the battle-ready capacity of the country’s entire military.
In the economic wasteland of post-war Syria, the best – and maybe only – state-backed job on offer is one that those who sign on for might not come home from. The vast majority of newly enlisted Syrian mercenaries are trading in salaries of $15 a month for monthly deals worth between $600 and $3,000. Rank and experience in the gruelling decade of insurrection attracts the higher dollars, but even the basic salary is luring recruits who have few ways out of overwhelming poverty.
Syrians have shown a readiness to sign up at least 14 recruitment centres across the country, in Aleppo, Damascus, Deir Azzour, Homs and Hama, as well as Raqqa, which less than five years ago was at the centre of the war against Islamic State.
theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/18/syrians-join-russian-ranks-in-ukraine-as-putin-calls-in-assads-debt
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The first Syrian troops to join Putin’s ranks – an advance force of 150 – arrived in Russia on Thursday, European intelligence officials claim. Ukrainian military intelligence, echoing a claim by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, believes 40,000 Syrians have signed up to fight – a figure that would represent a sizeable chunk of the battle-ready capacity of the country’s entire military.
In the economic wasteland of post-war Syria, the best – and maybe only – state-backed job on offer is one that those who sign on for might not come home from. The vast majority of newly enlisted Syrian mercenaries are trading in salaries of $15 a month for monthly deals worth between $600 and $3,000. Rank and experience in the gruelling decade of insurrection attracts the higher dollars, but even the basic salary is luring recruits who have few ways out of overwhelming poverty.
Syrians have shown a readiness to sign up at least 14 recruitment centres across the country, in Aleppo, Damascus, Deir Azzour, Homs and Hama, as well as Raqqa, which less than five years ago was at the centre of the war against Islamic State.
theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/18/syrians-join-russian-ranks-in-ukraine-as-putin-calls-in-assads-debt
Here is the full texts of the Xi-Biden conference from Xinhua agency.
Some veiled punches to the Biden's face.
About China US relationship
习近平指出，目前，中美关系还没有走出美国上一届政府制造的困境，反而遭遇了越来越多的挑战。特别是美国一些人向“台独”势力发出错误信号，这是十分危险的。台湾问题如果处理不好，将会对两国关系造成颠覆性影响。希望美方予以足够重视。中美关系之所以出现目前的局面，直接原因是，美方一些人没有落实我们两人达成的重要共识，也没有把总统先生的积极表态落到实处。美方对中方的战略意图作出了误读误判。
The direct cause of today's (bad) situation between China and US is because some people in the US administration do not do what you and I agreed, they do not do according to your "positive" expression. The US side has made mistake in understanding China's strategic intentions.
In sarcastic mocking style, China is saying "you are a good guy, you made good promises, your subordinates are bad, they cheated on you, disobeyed you." In straight style, China is saying, you are a liar because it is the whole US side I am blaming that includes you.
About Ukraine,
各方应该共同支持俄乌对话谈判，谈出结果、谈出和平。美国和北约也应该同俄罗斯开展对话，解开乌克兰危机的背后症结，化解俄乌双方的安全忧虑。
US and NATO should also talk to Russia, to solve the truth cause, to address the security concerns of both Russia and Ukraine.
Straight meaning, you are the root cause of the shit storm, deal with it, don't hide behind Ukraine and play dumb.
中国有两句老话，一句是“一个巴掌拍不响”，另一句是“解铃还须系铃人”。
China has two old sayings, "it needs two hands to make clapping sound", "only the one who tied the bell to the tiger should take it off".
Straight meaning, you are responsible for the crisis, don't pretend to be innocent. Your shit, you clean it.
Some veiled punches to the Biden's face.
About China US relationship
习近平指出，目前，中美关系还没有走出美国上一届政府制造的困境，反而遭遇了越来越多的挑战。特别是美国一些人向“台独”势力发出错误信号，这是十分危险的。台湾问题如果处理不好，将会对两国关系造成颠覆性影响。希望美方予以足够重视。中美关系之所以出现目前的局面，直接原因是，美方一些人没有落实我们两人达成的重要共识，也没有把总统先生的积极表态落到实处。美方对中方的战略意图作出了误读误判。
The direct cause of today's (bad) situation between China and US is because some people in the US administration do not do what you and I agreed, they do not do according to your "positive" expression. The US side has made mistake in understanding China's strategic intentions.
In sarcastic mocking style, China is saying "you are a good guy, you made good promises, your subordinates are bad, they cheated on you, disobeyed you." In straight style, China is saying, you are a liar because it is the whole US side I am blaming that includes you.
About Ukraine,
各方应该共同支持俄乌对话谈判，谈出结果、谈出和平。美国和北约也应该同俄罗斯开展对话，解开乌克兰危机的背后症结，化解俄乌双方的安全忧虑。
US and NATO should also talk to Russia, to solve the truth cause, to address the security concerns of both Russia and Ukraine.
Straight meaning, you are the root cause of the shit storm, deal with it, don't hide behind Ukraine and play dumb.
中国有两句老话，一句是“一个巴掌拍不响”，另一句是“解铃还须系铃人”。
China has two old sayings, "it needs two hands to make clapping sound", "only the one who tied the bell to the tiger should take it off".
Straight meaning, you are responsible for the crisis, don't pretend to be innocent. Your shit, you clean it.
I don't think people here care about what both side EXACTLY said and discussed in the actual conference. I think people here care about only the media aspect of the conference, which is an important new dimension of the modern world.
Just like Ghost of Kiev, Mig transfer deals, S-300 transfer deals. All of these does NOT necessarily need to be true in reality. But the ripple effect these incurs as a result of media cover of these, are an important aspect of Media/Information Warfare.
This is why this is an era when Reason and Truth no longer matters; EMOTIONS, allegiance and IMPULSES rule supreme. You're either for us or against us, your words either pleases us or displeases us. Truth, reality, equity has no space in this era.
Read what I wrote more carefully. I didn't say it was the same tank. I said one can't tell if it's Ukrainian or Russian in origin from those photos.
I think many people here care about China's true stance about the crisis. Otherwise we would not have had lots of argument. Examples are "China is going to stab Russia's back" and "China object Russia's action in Ukraine". All these noises are part of western information warfare. There are many new members joining the forum, we need to present China's position to them, otherwise such misinformation campaign will win and spread.
It is a fight that we must take up regardless how ridiculously started. Therefor, the intended audience of my post is not regular members who follow the event and making honest analysis, but 1 new members who are not aware and 2 the deliberate lairs.
How can you tell that it isn't Russian? Presumably Oryx is going by the source of the image, and/or on the basis of other vehicles lost nearby in the same incident. Anyway the challenge was that Oryx was posting multiple images of the same vehicle and claiming they were different. There is no evidence of this whatsoever.
Ummm yeah so how can you tell they are not Ukrainian? My challenge is
oryx is biased towards ukraine. Don't move the goal post. They can over count Russian casualties and under count Ukrainian ones. You basically destroyed your own defense.
Presumably oryx is going to the source? So you're making assumptions now? Giving him the benefit of the doubt?
Oryx never showed how he decided which are Ukraine and which are Russian. He just took the post at face value. So my challenge stands, oryx is not reliable.
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