>>512837814 (OP)
At some point the mercs will flee - why die for globohomo shekels? - and the ukrainian front will collapse quicker.
I have seen interviews with ukrainians and russians - they hate the foreign mercs and have a no prisoner's policy.
E.g. that jeet or Anigolan fighting for Russia? Ukrainians are going to kill that guy. That britbong or frenchie Russians capture in donetsk - they HATE that guy.
They say - when they see that guy with his fancy gear - in their land - they blame that guy for all the bullshit and get overwhelming bloodlust to kill that guy.
Imagine there's a civil war in USA. And there's jeet mercs on both sides. Whites on both sides will hate the jeet mercs of the other side and want them dead. It won't be safe to be a jeet - when you lose some white guy is going to kill you.
That's how it is to be a non-slav in donetsk.
I would guess the Russians hate the Poles they catch.
Unless you are a high value guy useful for putting on TV - maybe then they won't kill you.
But basically if you aren't RUS/UA you don't belong there, they blame YOU for the bullshit and want you dead.
It wouldn't surprise me if UA guys kill the mercs on their side if they get pissed for some reason.