From Newsgroup: alt.politics.usa
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251215-putin-sends-cossak-warriors-to-the-front-line-ukraine
Once prized fighters under the Tsars, RussiarCOs Cossack
population was ostracised by authorities during the Soviet
era. Under President Vladimir Putin, they have reintegrated
into Russian society, acting as a supplementary police force
and restoring their military status on the front lines
in Ukraine.
. . .
'Cossacks' are a sort of Euro/Mongolian blend both
in genetics and culture. They always had a rep as
super bad-asses. The Tsars used them as shock troops
and to ruthlessly subjugate errant populations.
Looks like they're BACK ... now working for Putin.
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