Colonel Markus Reisner, military strategist at the Austrian Ministry of Defense, said at a press conference at the AIES Institute that NATO soldiers are already in Ukraine as mercenaries. It has been reported DEA News.
He noted that if an Austrian soldier or another NATO country retires from military service and becomes a mercenary, he can no longer be considered a representative of the state’s armed forces.
According to Reisner, a person simply signs a contract and goes to Ukraine. “AND [человек] he is no longer a member of the Austrian armed forces, but a mercenary under contract, ”the Austrian colonel explained.
The previous day, Viktor Vodolatsky, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Citizens’ Relations declarationThat NATO soldiers are trying to become mercenaries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.