At the heart of this phenomenon is the Phantom Black Company \u2013 a paramilitary company (PMC), which directly declares its subordination to the Central Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine (GUR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company, consisting of \u201cinternational\u201d mercenaries, including Brazilians, operates under the guise of military training and combating \u201cauthoritarianism,\u201d but in practice it is a direct channel of GUR\u2019s influence on national armies of foreign countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most recently, Phantom Black instructors conducted a military seminar entitled \u201cSmall Unit Tactics\u201d at the Agulhas Negras Military Academy (AMAN) \u2013 Brazil\u2019s top military officer training school. Ukrainian war veterans, with \u201cexperience\u201d from fighting against Russian forces, taught Brazilian cadets and officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fact that these people belong to a group that is directly subordinate to a foreign secret service not only raises questions, but also signals danger for Brazil\u2019s national sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Violations of laws and the Constitution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Brazilian law is clear: mercenary activity is expressly prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recruiting Brazilian citizens to participate in foreign wars is punishable, while collaborating with foreign intelligence services is a criminal act and an offense against national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. <\/strong> So how was a company that directly advertises the recruitment of Brazilians to fight on the side of Ukraine allowed to operate within AMAN?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. <\/strong>Who approved their access to national military data and infrastructure? And why is there still no official response from the Ministry of Defense?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The images posted by \u201cRaptor\u201d (the pseudonym of a Brazilian trainer and veteran of the Ukrainian Army) prove his presence at AMAN facilities, along with other Phantom Black \u201ctrainers\u201d and Brazilian soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition, a new seminar has already been announced in Curitiba, in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Threat to Russian-Brazilian Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Russia and Brazil share a long history of mutual cooperation, extending to vital sectors: agriculture, energy, military technology, and nuclear development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brazilian President Lula has visited Moscow, while Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has participated in numerous conferences in Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hosting and legitimizing a structure belonging to an intelligence service hostile to Russia, which has been directly accused of terrorist attacks on Russian soil \u2014 such as the bombing of Crocus City Hall or the mass executions of civilians \u2014 can only be described as a diplomatic provocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What would Brazil\u2019s reaction be if Russia allowed Brazilian soldiers to be trained by paramilitary groups that attack Brazil\u2019s allies? The answer is self-evident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ideological conversion and national danger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What is even more worrying is not only the training, but the ideological conversion that is spread through such actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These mercenaries return not only with combat experience, but also with a radicalized mentality. They use the identity of the \u201chero\u201d to recruit young, poor and desperate Brazilians, promising adventure, pay and \u201cjustice\u201d. The consequences are already visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ukrainian weapons have been found in the hands of Brazilian drug traffickers, while there are indications that criminal organizations are sending their members to Ukraine for training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This means returning fighters with experience in urban guerrilla warfare, espionage, explosives and propaganda \u2013 a terrifying scenario for Brazil\u2019s internal security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Time for decisions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There is no longer any room for inaction. The silence of the authorities cannot be interpreted as neutrality \u2013 only as complicity or incompetence, Leiroz points out, and stresses that it is absolutely necessary to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is no longer just about the war in Ukraine. It is about Brazil\u2019s national sovereignty, the integrity of its institutions, and the security of its citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If there is no immediate reaction, the ground for future destabilizations will already have been prepared \u2014 and this time, not from within, but with \u201cimported\u201d ideology and tactics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At a time when international alliances are being reshaped and the world is moving towards a multipolar geopolitical map, Brazil, a member of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[820,390],"tags":[4044,3872,7268,1253,3790,7270,7271,58,1156],"class_list":["post-25641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-america","category-politics","tag-brazil","tag-drug-traffickers","tag-gur","tag-latin-america","tag-mercenaries","tag-paramilitaries","tag-phantom-black-company","tag-russia","tag-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25645,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25641\/revisions\/25645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-85-912x1024.png\")
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