The western news keeps using the term “mercenary” but I don’t think it’s quite right. They are “mercenaries” in the same way as the US security contractors are “mercenaries”, which is to say they are commercial entities paid to fight. If it were the US army though, we would call them “contractors”.
The western news keeps using the term “mercenary” but I don’t think it’s quite right. They are “mercenaries” in the same way as the US security contractors are “mercenaries”, which is to say they are commercial entities paid to fight. If it were the US army though, we would call them “contractors”.