The Russian government is disavowing their mercenaries like a Mission Impossible team.

300 dead Russian mercenaries. I’ll bet the US Force was just 12 guys with a PRC-119 radio, a SOF-LAM Target designator, a working coffee pot & thousands of bombs & artillery at the ready. DO. NOT. STEP. UP. TO. US. https://t.co/XgCXTefmO0

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) February 24, 2018

“A foreign ministry report said, “Russian service members did not take part in any capacity and Russian military equipment was not used.” It said those involved were “Russian citizens” who were in Syria “of their own free will and for different reasons.”