Foreign mercenaries during training at a military training ground in Poland. Archival photoLUGANSK, Oct. 19 Foreign mercenaries in Ukraine began to change into Ukrainian uniforms and be distributed to local units in small groups, Major of the Ukrainian special forces Ruslan Gruzd, who was taken prisoner by the Bakhmut group of the Wagner company, told RIA Novosti .»There, small groups are scattered among different units — battalions, brigades. (Foreigners are) part of Ukrainian units … Perhaps they only have their own weapons. I caught a glimpse of them (mercenaries), they take our (Kyiv troops) «pixel» (camouflage ), so as not to differ,» the prisoner said. He specified that he saw foreigners in the Ukrainian units in Vesela Dolina (a village near Bakhmut, DPR). «Belarusians, Georgians, New Zealand, England or America — I don’t remember exactly, a few people «- said the interlocutor of the agency. According to the major of the Kyiv troops, he does not have any additional information about the tasks facing foreigners, since this is «classified information.» When asked if there were separate units consisting purely of foreigners, the prisoner answered in the negative. Earlier, RIA Novosti reported that the captured SBU intelligence officer told about at least seven groups of foreign military men he saw. At least 100 fighters of the so-called foreign legion, including officers from the USA, Great Britain and Poland, carried out combat missions in the Kharkiv region. , 17:18InfographicsInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
