Russian Ministry of Defense: Canadian and Georgian mercenaries were in Avdeevka. “Azov is an organization recognized as terrorist by a decision of the Supreme Court of Russia dated August 2, 2022,” it said.
According to the ministry, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 1.5 thousand military personnel in the battles for Avdiivka per day. The Russian military said that “Canadian-made dry rations, belonging to foreign mercenaries from Canada and Georgia were discovered.”