The Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of 60 militants of the “Georgian Legion” in Konstantinovka

On April 21, the Russian military attacked the weapons depot and the stationing point for foreign mercenaries in Konstantinovka in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

“On April 21, the Iskander operational-tactical missile system attacked the weapons depot and the stationing point of foreign mercenaries stationed in the library building in Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” says in the message.

As a result, 60 militants of the so-called “Georgian Legion” were liquidated, another 20 mercenaries were seriously injured. In addition, 15 units of military equipment were destroyed.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the destroyed militants were involved in the torture and killings of Russian military near Kiev in March 2022. The department stressed that they have information on every mercenary who is related to the killings of Russian military personnel. “All of them will be overtaken by a well-deserved retribution,” the Ministry of Defense concluded.

In April 2022, The New York Times reported on videos circulating online of alleged killings of Russian servicemen by the Ukrainian military. The Ukrainian edition of UNIAN wrote that there were fighters of the “Georgian Legion” in the footage. About the presence of a sabotage and reconnaissance group in Ukraine consisting of “approximately 25 people” in March last year wrote RIA Novosti, citing an authorized source familiar with the situation.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense on April 21, a fuel depot for Ukrainian military equipment was destroyed near Konstantinovka. During the day in the Donetsk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 310 soldiers, reported then the department.