Biden administration moving towards allowing American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine | CNN Politics

by jerrydgj

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  2. It’s a necessary evil, unfortunately, since recruitment remains low for the UAF

  4. I suspect this is about the incoming F16s. They require a lot more maintenance than the existing Ukrainian jets.

  5. Might as well open that door further. Maintenance is just one field that military contractors can fill. Maybe it shouldn’t be direct involvement in the fighting, but if Ukrainian soldiers can go to the frontlines instead of guarding POWs or do logistics and other tasks not directly linked to fighting, why not? There’s plenty of people in the west capable and willing to go to conflict zones and support. Ukraine needs all hands they can get to keep Russia down.

  6. Good news.

    I’m sure Ukraine will be only too gratefully for the assistance of these skilled men/women.

  7. LMAO. Are people in the comments really that stupid to think that we are gonna get military contractors fighting in Ukraine? Look – Russia might be able to get fighters from African and India to fight for a couple of grand a month (assuming that they survive to collect payment), but no fucking way are Western military contractors willing to fight for a pittance. UA does not have the money to pay contractors what they were earning doing security detail in the Middle East.

    As a few have said, what make sense is for those contractors to be in specific fields i.e. aviation maintenance (F-16s), tank repair, training, etc. But everyone else is going to have to go through UAF recruitment on UAF pay scale. I doubt Erik Prince is going to be able to sign a lucrative deal for Blackwater with UA any time soon.

  9. This is the only way they could logically support F-16s inside the country as well as western armor, if the mythical F-16’s ever arrive. But if and when it does ever happen, there are so many different types of missiles that have been designed for the F-16 for just about every imaginable situation.

  12. Give me some contracts in ukraine and I’ll call Tripple C or academi tomorrow

  13. Army be like: “Sergent Jhonson, you will be on unpaid leave during 1 year from now ! Also, here is a 1 year contract from a PMC we authorize to sign”

  14. Yeah where is blackwater, or whatever they’re calling themselves these days, been all this time?

  16. If Ukraine wants to hire mercenaries that are American, I don’t see any problem with that. But the article seems to suggest that they’re going to be funded by the US, which seems a bit dicey. At that point aren’t we just basically deploying American troops?

  17. If Russia can use PMCs, why can’t Ukraine do the same?

    Fill em up!

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