“As a result of strikes with high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the points of temporary deployment of units of the Foreign Legion in the areas of the settlements of Markovo, Kramatorsk, Donetsk People’s Republic, and Novoosinovo, Kharkiv region, more than 70 foreign mercenaries were killed, more than 100 were injured,” the statement says.
Earlier, Andrey Marochko, an officer of the People's Militia of the LPR, said that the Ukrainian command sent detachments of foreign mercenaries armed with NATO-style weapons to the cities of Bakhmut (Artemovsk) and Soledar.