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. “Up to 180 foreign mercenaries and a significant amount of foreign weapons have been eliminated,” Moscow said.
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. “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 cannot be independently confirmed by AFP.
Destruction of a training center for foreign fighters
According to the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defense, 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.
Earlier in the day, Russian airstrikes had targeted a military base in western Ukraine, near the Polish border, in the night from Saturday to Sunday, killing 35 and injuring 134, according to a report communicated by the authorities Sunday at midday.