TOM EATON | Careful, General Mbatha, don’t be hoodwinked by Russian ‘goodwill’
If Russia wants to improve its ‘combat readiness’, why is it asking us for advice?
17 May 2023 - 23:32
In genuinely alarming news, the head of South Africa’s army has travelled to Moscow, exposing himself to the very real risk of being chloroformed and waking up on the front lines in Bakhmut armed with nothing but an antique rifle and the thanks of a grateful despot...
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