Europe 1 with AFP 5:15 p.m., March 13, 2022

The Russian army claimed to have killed "foreign mercenaries" during strikes on Sunday against "the locality of Staritchi and the military base of Yavoriv" in western Ukraine, near the Polish border.

The Russian army claimed to have killed "foreign mercenaries" during strikes on Sunday against "the locality of Staritchi and the military base of Yavoriv" in western Ukraine, near the Polish border.

"As a result of this strike, up to 180 foreign mercenaries and a significant amount of foreign weapons have been eliminated," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told a briefing. figure cannot be independently confirmed by AFP.

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