George Barros

They might even get a couple of small towns and stuff, but they're not going to be making any operational breakthroughs, that's for sure. Okay.

They might even get a couple of small towns and stuff, but they're not going to be making any operational breakthroughs, that's for sure. Okay.

Yeah. It's not that surprising really. The Russian fourth generation apparatus is very skilled at going to all corners of the Russian Federation and other countries as well and trying to seduce migrant workers, students, foreigners. both in Russia and outside of Russia, to come and volunteer in the Russian military.

Yeah. It's not that surprising really. The Russian fourth generation apparatus is very skilled at going to all corners of the Russian Federation and other countries as well and trying to seduce migrant workers, students, foreigners. both in Russia and outside of Russia, to come and volunteer in the Russian military.

Yeah. It's not that surprising really. The Russian fourth generation apparatus is very skilled at going to all corners of the Russian Federation and other countries as well and trying to seduce migrant workers, students, foreigners. both in Russia and outside of Russia, to come and volunteer in the Russian military.

Because the Russian military is just trying to suck up as many bodies as they can to meet that replacement quota for those casualties that they're taking. Lots of foreign nationals have made it into the Russian military. Sri Lankans, Indians, Venezuelans, Cubans, Africans.

Because the Russian military is just trying to suck up as many bodies as they can to meet that replacement quota for those casualties that they're taking. Lots of foreign nationals have made it into the Russian military. Sri Lankans, Indians, Venezuelans, Cubans, Africans.

Because the Russian military is just trying to suck up as many bodies as they can to meet that replacement quota for those casualties that they're taking. Lots of foreign nationals have made it into the Russian military. Sri Lankans, Indians, Venezuelans, Cubans, Africans.

These two Chinese guys that were captured by the Ukrainians, I reported there being at least a couple hundred in the ranks of the Russian military. That thought's surprising. I don't have any dispositive evidence, but it's my impression that those captured Chinese were not PLA soldiers. I would be astonished if they were deliberately sent by Beijing to go there.

These two Chinese guys that were captured by the Ukrainians, I reported there being at least a couple hundred in the ranks of the Russian military. That thought's surprising. I don't have any dispositive evidence, but it's my impression that those captured Chinese were not PLA soldiers. I would be astonished if they were deliberately sent by Beijing to go there.

These two Chinese guys that were captured by the Ukrainians, I reported there being at least a couple hundred in the ranks of the Russian military. That thought's surprising. I don't have any dispositive evidence, but it's my impression that those captured Chinese were not PLA soldiers. I would be astonished if they were deliberately sent by Beijing to go there.

It seems more likely that these were Chinese nationals located in Russia or in a Russian adjacent country who went to an office and voluntarily signed up to go get a paycheck for $40,000 or something. Here they are captured along with many other impoverished foreign nationals who have made the same bad decision.

It seems more likely that these were Chinese nationals located in Russia or in a Russian adjacent country who went to an office and voluntarily signed up to go get a paycheck for $40,000 or something. Here they are captured along with many other impoverished foreign nationals who have made the same bad decision.

It seems more likely that these were Chinese nationals located in Russia or in a Russian adjacent country who went to an office and voluntarily signed up to go get a paycheck for $40,000 or something. Here they are captured along with many other impoverished foreign nationals who have made the same bad decision.

I buy that there are many more Chinese, but I don't think that they're PLA. I know for you, this is interesting. Your listeners can look into this. Last year in 2023 or 2024, there was a massive scandal with India because there were several hundred, about thousands of Indian nationals that a Russian human trafficking scheme had recruited and into going to serve in the Russian military.

I buy that there are many more Chinese, but I don't think that they're PLA. I know for you, this is interesting. Your listeners can look into this. Last year in 2023 or 2024, there was a massive scandal with India because there were several hundred, about thousands of Indian nationals that a Russian human trafficking scheme had recruited and into going to serve in the Russian military.

I buy that there are many more Chinese, but I don't think that they're PLA. I know for you, this is interesting. Your listeners can look into this. Last year in 2023 or 2024, there was a massive scandal with India because there were several hundred, about thousands of Indian nationals that a Russian human trafficking scheme had recruited and into going to serve in the Russian military.

It became a massive international scandal. President Modi actually made a whole stink about it. The Indian foreign ministry formally went to the Russian foreign ministry and said, hey, quit it. Stop trying to recruit Indian nationals to go fight in the military. It was a whole public spat. It doesn't mean that the Indian government was sending Indians to go fight in Russia. Right.

It became a massive international scandal. President Modi actually made a whole stink about it. The Indian foreign ministry formally went to the Russian foreign ministry and said, hey, quit it. Stop trying to recruit Indian nationals to go fight in the military. It was a whole public spat. It doesn't mean that the Indian government was sending Indians to go fight in Russia. Right.

It became a massive international scandal. President Modi actually made a whole stink about it. The Indian foreign ministry formally went to the Russian foreign ministry and said, hey, quit it. Stop trying to recruit Indian nationals to go fight in the military. It was a whole public spat. It doesn't mean that the Indian government was sending Indians to go fight in Russia. Right.