According to TASS, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby was asked if the US military department used the services of PMCs and if the Ministry of Defense had PMC contractors working in Ukraine.
"As far as I know, no," Kirby said.
Earlier, CNN, citing relatives, reported the death in Ukraine of 22-year-old American Willy Joseph Cancel from a private military company (PMC).
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that since the beginning of the special military operation, the Kyiv regime has attracted to Ukraine, according to open data, about 7 thousand foreign mercenaries from 63 states.