As noted by the publication "Arguments and Facts" with reference to the material, many of them at the same time were listed in the Polish army or reserve. At the same time, they were sent to the front line as "volunteers".

It is noted that such losses will be a blow to Poland's defense capability and may lead to socio-political problems.

Earlier it was reported that the mercenaries tried to raise the flag of Poland at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region on the right bank of the Dnieper. Russian artillerymen immediately worked on them, they no longer raised flags there.

On July 22, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that during a group strike with high-precision weapons, Russian troops destroyed a large number of Polish and German mercenaries in Lviv on July 6.