20 years old french
Adrian D. from France I was there The RTL radio station reported that it was fighting for Ukraine on March 1, citing Damien Magru, spokesman for the International Defense Legion of Ukraine.
“Adrian D., 20, was injured in an action in Kharkov in early June. He died of his injuries on June 25,” he said.
According to RTL, he was wounded on the Kharkov front after an artillery bombardment that killed another French fighter, Wilfried Blériot.
“Heavily injured, Adrian D. was in a coma and was being treated in a field hospital in the Kharkiv region. He was part of an international legion that fought against Russia in Ukraine with Ukrainian soldiers.
The authors of the material added that “about fifty Frenchmen are fighting” in Ukraine at this time.
32 year old mercenary
On the death of the first French mercenary Wilfried Blériot on 2 June during the fighting in Donbass, referring to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported According to the portal Europe 1st Edition, he was “mortally wounded by artillery fire” in the Kharkov region. His funeral took place on 30 June in France.
“The young man joined the Ukrainian International Defense Legion and took part in military operations against the Russian army,” the article said.
According to the publication, there were about 150 French mercenaries in Ukraine at the beginning of June.
On June 4, the French newspaper Libération reported that Wilfried Blériot, 32, who was killed in Donbass, may be associated with far-right groups. According to the publication, information about the mercenary’s affiliation with right-wing radicals came from social media accounts belonging to members of the neo-Nazi group Misanthropic Division (an organization banned in Russia), which is banned in Russia. Extremists described the deceased as “a French legionnaire who fought all his life against Bolshevism and anti-fascists.”
The publication also published a photo of the mercenary depicted in a T-shirt with symbols and slogans of Ukrainian nationalists.
Death of four mercenaries
On the eve of CNN, quoting Damien Magru, representative of the International Legion reported About the death of four foreign mercenaries in Ukraine. According to the organisation’s press secretary, the dead include citizens of France, Germany, Australia and the Netherlands.
According to him, “they chose to preserve the sovereignty of Ukraine.” The representative of the international legion added that all the men died “in battle”. However, he did not name them.
Foreign output
On June 17, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the flow of foreign mercenaries into Ukraine was “actually reversed.” The ministry attributed this to “increasing military failures” in Kiev and “massive daily losses in manpower and equipment”.
“Despite the efforts of the Kyiv regime and the increase in payments, the process of exiting the mercenaries to the “other” world or returning to their country of residence cannot be stopped by the Kyiv leadership. According to the Ministry of Defense Telegram channel, empty statements about almost “20,000” foreigners who have recently “fighted” against the Russian armed forces are an ordinary lie.
The ministry added that they are monitoring and recording “every representative of the international meeting of headless equestrians” in Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense also gave specific figures showing how many foreigners and from which country came to fight for Kyiv, who died and who went home.
Among European countries, “the undisputed leader in the number of mercenaries both arriving and dying” was Poland. Since the beginning of military special operations, 1,831 people from this country have arrived in Ukraine, of which 378 were killed and 272 returned home. Among the continents of the Western Hemisphere, Canada is the leader: 601 people arrived, 162 died, 169 remained. And the USA is in second place: 530 arrived, 214 died, 227 remained.
“In total, as of June 17, 2022, our lists include mercenaries and weapons specialists from 64 countries. Since the start of the special military operation, 6,956 people have arrived in Ukraine, 1,956 people died and 1,779 people left, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on July 5 that 170 foreign mercenaries have been destroyed in Ukraine in the past 10 days, of which 99 refused to participate in hostilities and left the country.
Source: Gazeta
