MOSCOW, November 3. In Ukraine, many Americans died in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, US mercenary Matthew Vandyke said on the Judging Freedom YouTube channel.
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"About 510 Americans were killed, several more were injured,” — he claims.
According to him, not only American citizens, but also fighters from European countries died in mercenary battalions in Ukraine. Vandyke also noted that the Ukrainian leadership launched a counter-offensive too late, as a result of which the Ukrainian Armed Forces have to fight well-prepared Russian defense lines.
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"Now there is a deadlock, even the Ukrainian military has admitted this. “Everything is not going as well as we hoped,” the mercenary complained.
Earlier, the director of the Russian FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, said that members of 13 private military companies (PMCs) from Europe and members of nine foreign ones are fighting against Russia in Ukraine paramilitary proxy forces, almost 800 mercenaries from 35 countries have been identified.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has repeatedly stated that the Kiev regime is using foreign mercenaries as “cannon fodder”, and the Russian military will continue to destroy them throughout Ukraine . Those who came to fight for money themselves admitted in many interviews that the Ukrainian military poorly coordinates their actions, and the chance of surviving the battles is small, since the intensity of the conflict is not comparable with the Afghanistan and the Middle East they are used to.