https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khasham
500 Syrian and Russian troops vs 40 American soldiersThe death of the Russian investigative journalist Maksim Borodin, who wrote about the deaths of mercenaries in Syria in mid-April 2018, was linked by the media to his publications about Wagner’s casualties in the clash at Khasham.
Maksim Borodin (1985 – 15 April 2018) was a Russian investigative journalist. On 12 April 2018 he was severely injured after falling from his fifth-floor balcony in Yekaterinburg.[1] He was placed in a coma, but died from his injuries on 15 April.
Some things never change.
May he rest in peace.
AND WAGNER FECKIN STARTED IT.
Making this medal a stupid prize.
it’s the “you survived interservice infightging (for now), congratulations ⭐” award
If you believe the US account, just … wow. The amount of air support firepower they dropped on OPFOR was just crazy. A bad day to be a Wagner merc for sure.
Why is it in Arabic though ? It says something like “undefeated… Unbroken” in Arabic
Because it was in Syria, and the people slaughtered were a mix of local Syrian military/militia and Russian mercs.
The bits on the edge look like Arabic more than flames. What is the metal in that medal? Pot? Center image looks like a lumpy sandbag scarecrow wearing a huge parka.
There’s flames on the bottom, but the sides are definitely Arabic. Someone else said it’s “Unbroken Undefeated”, but I can’t read Arabic so I’m just taking their word for it.
i guess unbroken kinda makes sense if you didn’t die. but undefeated? they got their arses handed to them and that was it
Its more likely a Syrian militia medal.
