According to RIA Novosti, his unit was ambushed and he was "severely wounded" in the battles in the Kherson region.

“We don’t have any painkillers or morphine.

There is no helicopter, no special forces to pull people out of there.

We are completely on our own, ”said the mercenary.

Sharif also clarified that his colleagues had to take him out of the battlefield.

Earlier, Andrey Marochko, an officer of the LPR People's Militia, said that up to ten foreign private military companies are fighting on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On November 18, Der Spiegel reported that the Ukrainian army had "unexpected problems" with the 14 Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers transferred by Germany. The difficulties are associated with a "blatant shortage" of spare parts for them.