Moscow called on the French ambassador to explain the 60 dead compatriots in Kharkov

Moscow summoned the French ambassador to explain that the Russian attack on Kharkov three days ago killed more than 60 French people and wounded 20, which the Russians say were not mercenaries, but active servicemen of the French army!

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said TASSthat this is connected with the French who were at the temporary deployment point in Kharkov, who were attacked by the Russian military.

“In connection with the destruction by the Russian Armed Forces of a temporary deployment point for foreign fighters in Kharkov, among whom were several dozen French, the French Ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry,” – said the diplomat. The Russians claim that they are not mercenaries, because if they were mercenaries, they would be fighting on the front line; instead they were in Kharkov to organize the city’s defense.

In addition, Zakharova herself spoke not about mercenaries, but about French citizens, leaving obvious hints, including in “obvious ambiguity”that their work there is connected with the official activities of the French state, otherwise Moscow would not have called the French ambassador for an explanation.

The French deny that they sent “mercenaries” to Ukraine, but the truth is that if they did this, they would not admit it, not to mention that they would be ordinary French soldiers.

#Russia report #French soldiers died in #Ukraine in the counterattack for #Belgorod at #Kharkiv on a #NATO #EU #US #UK headquarter with #LloydAustin present. #Macron admit his security guarantee does not work so well, but sending more weapons will solve this problem. pic.twitter.com/YAzO5v0OEx

— CarloCarpaciao (@carpaciao) January 19, 2024

#Russia reports the death of French soldiers in Ukraine during a counterattack on #Belgorod in #Kharkov on #NATO headquarters #EU #USA #Great Britain, where #LloydAustin is present. #Macron admitted that his security guarantee is not working so well, but sending more weapons will solve this problem.

"The #Russian armed forces carried out a high-precision strike on the temporary deployment location of foreign fighters in the city of #Kharkiv & the majority of fighters were #French #mercenaries. More than 60 were killed & more than 20 were injured."https://t.co/27BM9VnFps pic.twitter.com/2zxJqiahAi

— Earth Rider (Tales of a Dharma Bum) (@jamesbangell) January 19, 2024

“Russian armed forces carried out a precision strike on the temporary deployment point of foreign fighters in the city of Kharkov, most of the militants were French mercenaries. More than 60 people were killed and more than 20 were injured.”

Paris denies #Russia's claim that it had bombarded #French "#ercenaries" in eastern #Ukrainian city #Kharkiv, saying it does not employ guns-for-hirehttps://t.co/LhGWKT4nX3

— Arab News (@arabnews) January 18, 2024

Paris denies Russia’s claim that it fired on French “mercenaries” in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkov, saying it does not use mercenaries.

In the Russian media directly claimthat these are active French military personnel “Foreign Legion”who act in the country as “advisers”.

As political and strategic analyst Xavier Moreau said on RT, there is information that about 145 Frenchmen serve in the unit. In addition to them, there are French instructors in Ukraine – military personnel who are on unpaid leave, he emphasized. Moreau noted that there are not many French among the mercenaries of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: they are mainly Poles, Georgians, Americans, British and Canadians.

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