Kyiv does not need NATO soldiers, as they are already taking part in the battles as mercenaries, Colonel Markus Reisner, military strategist of the Austrian Ministry of Defense, said at a press conference at the AIES Institute. His words are reported by RIA Novosti.
According to the agency, one of the journalists during the conference asked the Austrian Colonel Reisner about who will control the tanks that the West is preparing for Ukraine. To this, the colonel replied that the military, leaving the service from the armies of NATO countries, can easily be mercenaries, since they are no longer officially representatives of the armed forces of their states.
“I take off my uniform, sign a contract and go to Ukraine. And now I am not a member of the Austrian Armed Forces, but a contract mercenary,” Reisner explained.
Recall that last year, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that mercenaries from more than 60 countries are taking part in the conflict in Ukraine, while in many countries mercenarism is prohibited at the legislative level and is prosecuted.
According to Western media, in January of this year, up to 3,000 foreign mercenaries were present in the Ukrainian military formations.
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