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DONETSK, Mar 26 Russian aviation destroyed a group of foreign mercenaries near Avdiivka, footage from the scene was available.
A video filmed by assault groups of Russian troops in the Avdiivka direction shows a fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine after an air strike: it shows the uniform of the destroyed Ukrainian security forces, as well as militants with stripes in the form of the flag of Poland and a chevron with the Georgian flag and the inscription Georgia national legion.
Avdiivka is one of the main fortified areas on the territory of the DPR, which so far remains under the control of the Kiev authorities. From there, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are constantly shelling residential buildings in Donetsk.
On Friday, adviser to the acting head of the DPR, Yan Gagin, announced that all the prerequisites were in place to take Avdiivka into an operational encirclement.
Last week, temporary acting duties of the head of the republic Denis Pushilin said that Russian units continue their systematic attack on Avdiivka, but the enemy still has supply roads, «the Ukrainian command can transfer reserves there.»
Last year, an official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated that more than eight thousand mercenaries from more than 60 countries came to Ukraine. The largest groups are from Poland, the United States, Canada, Romania and Britain, despite the fact that in many countries mercenarism is illegal and criminalized.
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