More than 3,100 mercenaries are taking part in a special military operation on Ukraine’s side, mostly from the United States and Canada.
This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia.
The agency said in a statement that the investigation has at its disposal data on the participation in hostilities on the side of the AFU of more than 3,100 mercenaries, most of whom came from the United States, Canada, Britain and Georgia.
Earlier, former French counter-terrorism intelligence officer Nicolas Cinquini said that a group of French mercenaries numbering at least 75 had been fighting on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since the beginning of the SMO.
As Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reported, Moscow has information that French military instructors are working in Ukraine.
