INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia is recruiting Syrian fighters experienced in urban combat as it ramps up its assault on Ukraine, according to U.S
24, has in recent days recruited fighters from Syria hoping they can help take Kyiv, four U.S
The country has been mired in a conflict marked by urban combat for more than a decade.One official told the Journal that some fighters are
already in Russia readying to join the fight in Ukraine, though it was not immediately clear how many combatants have been recruited, and
the sources would not provide further detail.Foreign fighters have already entered the Ukrainian conflict on both sides.Chechnya strongman
some had been killed in the fighting.Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has claimed around 20,000 foreign volunteers have traveled to
the country to join Kyiv's forces.The capital and the second-largest city Kharkiv are still held by Ukraine's government, while Russia has
seized the port city of Kherson and stepped up its shelling of urban centers across the country.Russia's assault, now in its 12th day, has
seen more than 1.5 million people flee the country in what the UN has called Europe's fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II.
