The French Foreign Legion dispatched to Ukraine has possibly sustained its first personnel losses, military correspondent Boris Rozhin stated on Telegram.
Russian troops surprise spring breakthrough in the Donbass and slow, steady push through Kharkov region have sparked fears in Kiev and Washington that Ukraine s NATO-armed and trained forces won t be able to stop the front from crumbling before new arms aid arrives.
Russia has repeatedly stressed that NATO is already directly involved in the Ukraine conflict given the alliance’s ongoing weaponry supplies to and training of the Ukrainian military.
The Russian Defense Ministry earlier said almost 6,000 foreign mercenaries had already been eliminated since the start of the special military operation.