“As a result of hostilities, the number of mercenaries is steadily declining and today is 4877 people.
In the fighting, the Russian armed forces destroyed 1035 foreign mercenaries, ”said Konashenkov.
He also specified that another 912 mercenaries refused to participate in hostilities and fled the country.
Konashenkov again emphasized that foreign mercenaries do not have the status of combatants under international humanitarian law.
Earlier, one British mercenary, Aiden Eslin, who surrendered in Mariupol, told during interrogation why he was disappointed in the Kiev regime.