“The Ukrainian side is trying by any means to hide the identity of foreigners.

In order to complicate the identification of the bodies of the dead mercenaries, representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine cut off their hands and heads, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

Bastrykin said that several such bodies were found in the zone of the special operation.

According to the records in mobile phones, it was possible to establish that they belong to Polish mercenaries, he specified.