Good evening everyone and welcome to the Worldview Report. I’m Brannon Howse. Russia is recruiting Syrian fighters experienced in urban combat to battle Ukrainian forces as Moscow prepares for street-by-street fighting against dogged resistance from the Kyiv government, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Russia, which has backed the Syrian government in that country’s long-running civil war, is recruiting the fighters in the expectation that their combat ability in close quarters could help Moscow take the capital and overthrow the Ukrainian government, four US officials told the Wall Street Journal Sunday.
