The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation spoke about foreign mercenaries in Ukraine
Moscow. March, 3rd. INTERFAX.RU - Foreign mercenaries who arrived in Ukraine are sabotaging Russian convoys of equipment and aircraft covering them, said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov.
“I want to officially emphasize that all mercenaries sent by the West to help the Kiev nationalist regime are not combatants under international humanitarian law. They do not have the right to prisoner of war status,” he said at a briefing on Thursday. According to him, "the best thing that awaits foreign mercenaries upon arrest is bringing them to criminal responsibility."
Konashenkov said that the US military intelligence launched a large-scale campaign to recruit contract soldiers from private military companies (PMCs) to be sent to Ukraine. “First of all, employees of the American PMCs AkEdemi, Kyubik and Dean Corporation are recruited.
Great Britain, Denmark, Latvia, Poland and Croatia have legally allowed their citizens to participate in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. The command of the French Foreign Legion plans to send military personnel - ethnic Ukrainians to help the Kiev regime," Konashenkov said.
"According to the statement of (President of Ukraine - IF) Zelensky, about 16,000 foreign mercenaries are expected to arrive in Ukraine in addition to the existing ones," Konashenkov recalled, noting that a visa-free regime is being introduced for those arriving.
In addition, the military attache of Croatia in Moscow was summoned to the Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday due to the arrival in Ukraine of about 200 mercenaries from this country. Konashenkov said Croatian mercenaries arrived in Ukraine via Poland last week and joined a nationalist battalion in southeastern Ukraine.
"The military attache was pointed out to the illegal activities of Croatian citizen Denis Sheler, who participated in the hostilities in southeastern Ukraine in 2015, forming detachments of Croatian mercenaries to be sent to Ukraine," Konashenkov said.
PS Croatian mercenaries in Ukraine? Damn, what's going on in this world?
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And one more news about the Central Bank of Russia (I wrote about this in my previous messages):
The Central Bank of Russia closed the data on the current amount of international reserves for three months
Moscow. March, 3rd. INTERFAX.RU - Against the backdrop of decisions by Western countries to freeze its foreign currency accounts, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation decided to close up-to-date information about their size.
"International reserves as of February 18, 2022 amounted to $643.2 billion. In the next three months, this data will be used in all publications," the Central Bank said on its website on Thursday.