The Russian army claimed to have killed “foreign mercenaries” during strikes on Sunday against “the locality of Staritchi and the military base of Yavoriv” in western Ukraine, near the Polish border.
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“As a result of this strike, up to 180 foreign mercenaries and a significant amount of foreign weapons have been eliminated,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told a briefing. figure can be independently confirmed by AFP.
According to him, the shots destroyed a training center for foreign fighters, as well as a place for storing weapons and military equipment delivered to Ukraine.
These strikes are the work of “long-range high-precision weapons,” added Igor Konashenkov, without further details.
“The elimination of foreign mercenaries arriving in Ukraine will continue,” he continued.