A missile strike in the Seversk area took place on January 29. The target was the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces battalion “Carpathian Sich’ According to preliminary data, a number of ‘foreigners’ who happened to be at the site of the attack also died along with the Ukrainian military.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a meeting of the UN Security Council that the recent destruction of French mercenaries in Kharkov was confirmation that the West is sending militants to Ukraine.