He told TASS about this.

According to him, this information was provided by the intelligence of the military department of the LPR.

“The Ukrainian command additionally sent rapid reaction detachments consisting exclusively of foreigners to the area of ​​Artemovsk and Soledar,” he said.

Marochko noted that the respective groups are well-armed and move around in Hammer vehicles.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense stated that the Russian Armed Forces hit the temporary deployment point of a unit of foreign mercenaries in Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) in the DPR.