Comments by "Merijn Hugens" (@merijnhugens) on "" video.
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The "Remember Kursk" combined strike of the Russian Armed Forces: At night, Russian troops attacked targets on Ukrainian territory, including the port infrastructure of the Odessa region .
Local sources indicated very dense air defense work and explosions in the area of the Ilyichevsk port , Bolshevik district, the village of Ilyinka , and the village of Kotovskoye . According to some reports, sounds of secondary detonation were heard from the warehouses of the Yuzhny port .
One of the blows hit the closed Odessa hotel. Although some resources claim that the building was never used for military purposes, this is not entirely true: back in May, people in uniform were seen there, and for some reason generators were working at the “abandoned” facility. However, there is no objective evidence of the destruction of manpower there during the night raid.
Information also appeared about another combined strike by drones and cruise missiles on the Dolgintsevo airfield near Krivoy Rog.
And already in the morning, footage appeared of the defeat of a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter there: it is possible that this particular episode occurred several days ago, however, the very fact of regular raids indicates the unambiguous attention to it from the Russian Armed Forces and the desire to hit the aircraft located there. @rybar
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The true size of the “International Legion”: where have all the mercenaries gone ?
If in 2022, after the creation of the International Legion, the Internet was full of footage from different sectors of the front from dozens of foreigners, today fresh videos and photos are difficult to come across.
▪️According to our data, a total of 12,046 foreigners officially took part in Ukraine (we are not even talking about any 20,000-strong army) . Of these, there are currently about 1,800 mercenaries left in the Northern Military District zone on the other side. Why is that? Large losses and a significant number of disillusioned people.
▪️During the SVO, over 5,680 people from the International Legion were liquidated . And more than 4,560 foreigners left the ranks of the Ukrainian formations and returned to their countries.
▪️The largest number of mercenaries in the Legion came from Poland and Georgia , which is not surprising at all, given the maximum anti-Russian sentiments prevailing in these countries.
▪️The large number of Americans, British and Australians is also not at all surprising: it is the soldiers of fortune and PMCs who do the most dirty work abroad, acting as an excellent cover for regular units.
🔻The beginning of the conflict was marked by widespread support for Ukraine in the Western media. The aura of Ukraine “under aggression” , which needs protection, pushed thousands of people to go to an unfamiliar country to participate in the war with Russia for good money.
Faced with the real situation and the actual state of affairs, when, for example, mercenaries were used as cannon fodder without support, many did not want to continue their participation. And the lack of success at the front after the retreat of the Russian Armed Forces from Kherson further reduced the influx of volunteers.
The mercenaries remaining in Ukraine are either the most ardent opponents of Russia who want to “hunt Russians”, or professionals performing highly specialized tasks, for example, managing high-tech weapons or training Ukrainians. @rybar
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