The LPR announced the arrival of foreigners in the Ukrainian units in Kharkov

Foreign citizens are arriving at the units of the armed forces of Ukraine in Kharkiv and the region, said a military expert, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People’s Militia of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) Andrei Marochko, write “RIA News”.

“Foreign citizens arrive at the points of permanent deployment of Ukrainian units located in Kharkiv and the region. The arrival of English-speaking citizens, as well as people speaking French, German and Polish, was noted, ”he told the agency.

According to him, they are brought to military units by buses with European numbers. Marochko said that the foreigners who arrived were dressed in civilian clothes. But, as he said, everyone’s personal belongings were folded into the same army-type backpacks.

At the same time, Marochko noted that the available information does not allow us to draw conclusions about their belonging to any specific formations, but all foreigners have seen the same elements of equipment.

In the summer of 2022, the Ministry of Defense disclosed the number of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine. Then it was reported that most of the mercenaries arrived in the country from Poland – 1831, Canada – 601 and the United States – 530. Among European countries, in addition to Poland, the top five in terms of the number of foreign mercenaries also included Romania – 504, Great Britain – 422, Croatia – 204 and Belarus – 197. From Asia, the largest number of people arrived from Georgia – 355 and Syria – 200. Mercenaries from Nigeria – 85 and South Africa – 25 arrived from the African continent to Ukraine.