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| Russian Armed Forces hit two temporary deployment points for foreign mercenaries |
| 2024-01-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. At issue was the presence of several private French operators in Khar'kov [Regnum] The Russian Armed Forces hit two temporary deployment points of foreign mercenaries, four missile and ammunition warehouses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was announced on January 18 by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov. “Missile forces and artillery, attack unmanned aerial vehicles from groups of troops of the Russian Armed Forces hit two temporary deployment points of foreign mercenaries, four missile and ammunition warehouses,” Konashenkov said. He noted that 117 artillery units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 133 regions were also hit. As Regnum reported, on January 17, the Ministry of Defense announced a high-precision strike on the location of foreign mercenaries in Khar'kov, as a result of which more than 60 militants were killed and over 20 were hospitalized. As a result of the strike, the building in which the mercenaries were stationed was completely destroyed. It was noted that the core of the militants were French mercenaries. The coordinator of the Nikolaev underground, Sergei Lebedev, said that among those liquidated by a high-precision strike of the Russian Armed Forces at the location of foreign mercenaries in Khar'kov were curators of the “Russian” Volunteer Corps (RDK) (a terrorist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation). More from Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin Several dozen French mercenaries were killed in Khar'kov [ColonelCassad] The French media indirectly confirm the information about yesterday's defeat of the French mercenaries in Khar'kov. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the location of foreign mercenaries, most of whom were French, was struck. 60+ killed and 20+ wounded were reported. Local sources in Khar'kov confirm the arrival of wounded French speakers in hospitals. In Khar'kov, they reported 17 killed and a significant number of wounded. The French media emphasize that French mercenaries died and there were no French regulars among them. One way or another, they said hello to Macron in response to announcements about arms supplies to Ukraine. Well, thanks to the caring Khar'kov residents who helped identify the disposition of the French for whom this was the largest one-time loss during the entire war in Ukraine. More from regnum.ru AFP: The French Foreign Ministry disowned the presence of mercenaries in Ukraine The French Foreign Ministry refused to acknowledge the presence of compatriots fighting as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and called the information about the destruction of French mercenaries in Khar'kov a gross manipulation of Russia, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported on January 18. “France has no mercenaries either in Ukraine or anywhere else,” the French Foreign Ministry said. According to diplomats, information about the destruction of dozens of French mercenaries in Khar'kov is allegedly another “gross manipulation of the Russians.” As Regnum reported, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on January 18 that the Russian Armed Forces, with a high-precision strike on the location of foreign mercenaries in Khar'kov, destroyed more than 60 militants, most of whom were French mercenaries. As a result of the strike, the building in which the mercenaries were stationed was completely destroyed, the department noted. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, later informed that due to the presence of mercenaries from France in Ukraine, the Ambassador of Paris in Moscow was summoned to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Even more from regnum.ru French ambassador was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry after the liquidation of mercenaries in Khar'kov The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the French ambassador in connection with the destruction by the Russian military of a deployment point for foreign fighters in Khar'kov,Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RIA Novosti on January 18. “In connection with the destruction by the Russian Armed Forces of a temporary deployment point for foreign fighters in Khar'kov, among whom were several dozen French, the French Ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry,” she said. As Regnum reported, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on January 18 that the Russian Armed Forces, with a high-precision strike on the location of foreign mercenaries in Khar'kov, destroyed more than 60 militants, most of whom were French mercenaries. As a result of the strike, the building in which the mercenaries were stationed was completely destroyed. Among the foreign mercenaries liquidated in Khar'kov were curators of the “Russian Volunteer Corps” (RDK) (a terrorist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation), whose militants participated in the attack on the Belgorod and Bryansk regions, said, in turn, the coordinator of the Nikolaev underground Sergey Lebedev. In addition, on the same day, the official representative of the Russian military department, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, reported that in the Kherson direction missile troops and artillery, attack unmanned aerial vehicles of groupings of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit a temporary deployment point for foreigners within 24 hours. mercenaries. Adds Alexander Tikhonov of Red Star Mercenaries from the West end badly Arriving in Ukraine, whose armed forces are suffering setbacks along the entire line of combat contact, mercenaries from Western countries often do not even have time to reach the front line. Foreign “soldiers of failure” who, through thoughtlessness, arrived in Ukraine to fight for the Kiev regime, have every chance of becoming “cargo 200”. A precise strike on the place of their temporary deployment in Kharkov once again confirms this. Anyone who is trying to get rich by fighting with Russia will not need money - it is of no use in the next world. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Krasnoliman and Donetsk directions, where over the past two days he launched a greater number of unsuccessful attacks. In the Donetsk direction, as a result of successful active actions by units of the “Southern” group of troops, the village of Vesyoloye of the Donetsk People’s Republic was liberated. In all directions, enemy personnel are hit and enemy equipment is burned, including those made in the USA, Great Britain and Poland. The latest attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks on targets in a number of Russian regions using unmanned aerial vehicles, Tochka-U missiles and the RM-70 Vampire multiple launch rocket system were stopped by the air defense forces on duty. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 France stated that it cannot prohibit its citizens from fighting for the Armed Forces of Ukraine |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-01-19 17:28 |
| #3 Contracting; not getting killed, that really is the key. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-01-19 13:42 |
| #2 tl;dr --- Russia targeted and killed a bunch of French Mercenaries this week. And the French countered, denying having nationals fighting for ukraine. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-01-19 13:38 |
| #1 The French are denying that they have fighters in Ukraine. I remember... French survivors of the Ukraine war told Le Monde that 10 of the 70 Frenchmen serving in the Ukrainian foreign legion have perished since the battle began, and the supply of new blood is running low. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-01-19 13:37 |