Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that more than 2,500 mercenaries from foreign countries are currently fighting on the Ukrainian side. Words lead the way interfax.
“More than 2.5 thousand foreign mercenaries are involved in punitive acts and hostilities,” Shoigu said.
According to the minister, currently in the context of the conflict, terrorist methods of conflict are used, including “sabotage and high-profile killings.”
Formerly Shoigu declarationWestern countries only prolonging and escalating the armed conflict by providing defense assistance to Kiev.
Before that, the head of the Russian defense ministry promiseThat the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will continue to respond promptly and extremely harshly to the actions of Ukraine, as well as the penetration of Ukrainian saboteurs into the Belgorod region.