Dozens of Polish mercenaries have been killed in Russian airstrikes in Donbass. The troops were stationed inside a Megatex factory. Also, Russian Aerospace forces eliminated eight Grad multiple launch rocket systems at the same position.
“Up to 80 Polish mercenaries” were killed, and 20 armored vehicles and eight Grad multiple rocket launchers were destroyed in the town of Konstantinovka, Defense Ministry spokesman, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said during his daily briefing.
Russian Aerospace forces eliminated up to 80 Polish mercenaries and eight Grad multiple launch rocket systems with a precision strike on the Megatex zinc plant in Konstantinovka, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said Saturday.
“The enemy continues to sustain significant losses. The Russian Aerospace Forces’ precision strike on the buildings of the Megatex zinc plant in Konstantinovka, Donetsk People’s Republic, eliminated up to 80 Polish mercenaries, 20 armored vehicles and eight Grad multiple launch rocket systems ,” he said.
He added that artillery pieces, personnel and drones had been targeted in other areas. Konashenkov said a Tochka-U ballistic missile has been intercepted mid-air near the town of Molodyozhnoye in southern Ukraine.
Numerous mercenaries from EU member states and countries such as the US and Canada have been fighting for Ukraine.
Earlier this month, a court in the Donetsk People’s Republic handed death sentences to two British nationals and one Moroccan, who were serving with the Ukrainian forces. The men have not yet been executed.