Mi-8MTV helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the special operation in Ukraine. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 15Russian missile forces have annihilated up to 30 Polish mercenaries in Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Friday.
" troops in the village of Izyumskoe, Kharkov region, as a result of the strike, a detachment of mercenaries of the Polish private military campaign was liquidated. Up to 30 Polish mercenaries have been destroyed,” Konashenkov said.
Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. Who is going to fight in Ukraine