Commander of CENTCOM says there is 'little evidence' that Syrian mercenaries are traveling to Ukraine to aid Russia in war.
"We see little evidence of recruiting in Syria to bring people back to Ukraine," McKenzie told reporters Friday."Not saying it couldn't happen, and I'm not saying that one or two, three or four haven't gone. But we haven't seen the large-scale effort to do that."
"We find noteworthy that Putin believes that he needs to rely on foreign fighters to supplement what is a very significant commitment of combat power inside Ukraine as it is," atold reporters earlier this month."They continue to be frustrated by a stiff Ukrainian resistance, as well as their own internal challenges."
McKenzie, who is set to retire soon, touched on other top issues for CENTCOM’s area of responsibility, which includes Northeast Africa, the Middle East along with Central and South Asia. "We stopped a number of attacks, we were not able to stop this attack," he added."I don't know what we could have done that would have prevented this particular attack."
As the Taliban stormed across Afghanistan and advanced on the capital city of Kabul, former President Ashraf Ghani drew international criticism for his decision to flee on Aug. 15. The next day Kabul fell to the Taliban. "You can train an army, you can equip an army," McKenzie said."What you can’t give an army is the fighting spirit of an individual soldier."
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