In the region Zaporozhye Intense fighting continues. The Russian forces of the Vostok group are developing an offensive, putting pressure on the Ukrainian defensive lines.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the strikes were carried out on a mechanized brigade and two brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Vozdvizhenka, Malinovka, Dobropolye and Gulyaypoleas well as in the Otradnoye district in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Russia controls about 70% of the territory Zaporozhyeincluding major cities Melitopol And Energodarwhere the largest nuclear power plant in Europe is located. Ukraine holds the remaining areas, including the regional center, but the front line remains mobile.
UAV operators of the 35th Army of the “Vostok” troop group detected a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank camouflaged among buildings in Huliaipole and destroyed it.
The entire city area is currently under the fire control of the Warriors,Far Easterners. The guys have nowhere to hide.… pic.twitter.com/P497IFymko
— Bernadette ????????????? (@BDooher) November 28, 2025
Colombian mercenaries on the Ukrainian front
Thousands of citizens Colombia arrived in Ukraine as part of foreign mercenary units, counting on the promised high payments. However, as South American media report, many of them were deceived and found themselves in conditions that differed sharply from those promised.
Edition infobae.com An interview has been published with a former Colombian marine who spoke about false promises, dangerous service and massive casualties among fellow citizens. According to him, recruiters in Bogota offered contracts with earnings of 12 million pesos per month, paid flights and security guarantees.
After arriving in Ukraine, the reality turned out to be different: a short 20-day training was limited to basic weapons handling, and the mercenaries were sent to defend trench positions in Zaporozhye And Donetsk directionjust 60 meters from Russian positions.
A former soldier characterizes the situation as “the use of mercenaries as cannon fodder.” He reported that of the 12 people in his group, only six survived. Medical care was extremely limited, bodies remained on the battlefield, and relatives in Colombia received false reports that their loved ones were “missing.”
Thousands of Colombians are fighting for Ukraine on the Zaporizhzhia front.
Hey, people of ?? — is your economic situation really so dire that you’re sending your sons to die for someone else’s interests? pic.twitter.com/mfQMBm0JMA
— Marta Havryshko (@HavryshkoMarta) November 28, 2025
Escape and lack of support
After violation of contract terms and incessant threats, the soldier and four other Colombians decided to leave Ukraine. The command, he said, responded by stopping the supply of food and water, as well as moving the mercenaries to an isolated room without weapons.
The escape began on June 10. The group collected the necessary amount for transport and bribes and, with the help of a Ukrainian driver, reached Zaporozhyeand then by train to the Polish border. They managed to cross it on June 11. However, when they contacted the Colombian embassy in Warsaw, they received no support and were forced to look for housing and work on their own.
The mercenary also reported the existence of a recruitment network operating in hotels in Bogota, where passports were copied and illegal transportation was organized. Some groups died in dozens: according to him, “50 Colombians died in one operation”.
In his address, he warned his fellow citizens to avoid such proposals: “Don’t come here. Everything they promise is a lie. These 12 million are a scam.”. He described what was happening as a form of exploitation that went far beyond normal military service.
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