Russian survivors of attack against US backed forces 'They beat our asses like we were little pieces of shit'

Daily Caller:

The Russian government has downplayed the recent strikes on Russian mercenaries in Syria, however, recordings from fighters on the ground reveal just how hard U.S. forces hit them.

“One squadron fucking lost 200 people … right away, another one lost 10 people … and I don’t know about the third squadron but it got torn up pretty badly, too … So three squadrons took a beating,” a man believed to be a Russian contract soldier said in the first of three audio recordings obtained from a source close to the Kremlin by Polygraph.info, a fact-checking website affiliated with Voice of America.

“They beat our asses like we were little pieces of shit,” the man said, Newsweek introduced.

A U.S.-led strike following a raid on a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) base where U.S. troops were stationed is believed to have killed hundreds of Russian military contractors fighting alongside pro-Syrian irregular forces. The U.S. forces hammered the attackers with heavy artillery and air strikes. (RELATED: The US Military Is Now Fighting Russian Mercenaries In Syria)

The recordings reveal that the mercenaries, outgunned and lacking essential armor support, never stood a chance.

“They were all shelling the holy fuck out of it and our guys didn’t have anything besides the assault rifles … nothing at all, I’m not even talking about shoulder-fired SAMs or anything like that… they tore us to pieces, put us through hell,” the man in the recording revealed, calling the incident a “total fuckup, another humiliation.”

“We got our fucking asses beat rough. The Yankees made their point,” he said. “What were they hoping for, that the Yankees are just going to fuck off? … It’s bullshit. Some people can’t even be fucking ID’ed.”

“Nobody gives a fuck about us,” a man in the recording explained.
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The objective of the mercenary operation was the capture of oil fields near where the US-backed troops were located.  Assad had promised the mercenary leaders 30 percent of the net take from the oil fields.

They apparently believed the US would not respond to their attack.  At any rate, they were completely surprised by the response and lacked the support needed to resist it.  The battle shows the weakness of Russia's "little green men" strategy when it comes up against heavy artillery and superior air power. 

The Russians have no "little green airforce" to respond with.  To use air power the Russians would have to expose the government backing of the ruse and also expose their aircraft to a superior US one.  I suspect this is why Putin ordered his stealth fighters to the region even though they are still in the testing phase.