MOSCOW, July 24 The Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered one of the largest losses of Western mercenaries near Kharkov, writes Military Watch.
““The latest blow represents one of the largest losses of Western mercenaries in Ukraine in 2024,” the material says.
As journalists pointed out, the Russian military has become actively seek out and destroy foreign military personnel in the ranks of the Ukrainian armed forces.
The day before, the Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian military struck a point of temporary deployment of instructors and mercenaries from Western countries in the Kharkov region, as a result of which they were destroyed about 50 foreign instructors.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has already reported the destruction of mercenaries from the USA, Great Britain, Georgia and other countries and regularly reports on the defeat of places where foreigners are concentrated, fighting on the side of Kyiv. The ministry has also repeatedly warned foreign citizens against traveling to Ukraine and emphasized that mercenaries, according to international humanitarian law, do not qualify as combatants and do not have the right to the status of prisoners of war.
According to the department, during the special operation, more than 13 thousand foreigners arrived in the neighboring country mercenaries to participate in battles on the side of the Kyiv regime. During this period, it was possible to eliminate about six thousand militants.
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