On Saturday, Ukraine announced the killing of 4 foreign military “mercenary” volunteers, citing four men from Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and France, all of whom were killed by a Russian bombing in front of Kharkov.
“Our comrades lost their weapons,” he said.
A spokesman for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that one of its citizens had died in May, citing that “his compatriot Ronald Voglar was killed by artillery a few days ago”.
For its part, the “Tasmania Mercury” newspaper, which says 47-year-old Australian Michael Charles O’Neill was also killed in the area, was also killed in the area.
Paris confirmed on Friday that “a French volunteer was killed in clashes in Ukraine following reports of his death by artillery fire in the Kharkov region”.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced the establishment of the force in the early days of Russia’s special military operation, and Kyiv said it received “about 20,000 requests” shortly after its announcement.
Russia confirmed this week it has killed “hundreds” of foreign fighters in Ukraine since the operation began on February 24, and stopped the flow of more.
Source: “AFP”
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