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| Hundreds of Ukrainian Armed Forces mercenaries mutinied after a failed counterattack near Peschane |
| 2026-04-22 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [Regnum] Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries of the Ukrainian Armed Forces abandoned their positions and launched an armed mutiny after a failed counterattack near the village of Peschanoye in the Kharkiv region. The military is demanding that their command provide a corridor to the rear. This was reported to RIA Novosti by Russian security officials. "The Ukrainian forces' attempt to reverse the situation near Peschanoye ended in a disastrous failure. The counterattacks completely failed," the source said. According to him, in this area, "the Ukrainian army's defenses are weakened, and its personnel are exhausted to the limit." All of this resulted in a mutiny among the foreign mercenaries. "After the counterattack was routed, a significant number of foreign fighters, at least 300, demonstratively abandoned their positions and retreated to the rear. An armed rebellion has erupted," the security forces added. It is noted that conflicts between mercenaries and the Ukrainian Armed Forces command are commonplace, but this case is unusual. "The mercenaries are threatening Ukrainian officers and soldiers to use their bayonets if they are not given an unimpeded escape corridor," the agency quotes the source as saying. Foreign mercenaries have begun to break contracts with the Ukrainian Armed Forces en masse. Russian President Vladimir Putin previously stated that foreign mercenaries are not covered by the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War and are a legitimate target for Russian troops. |
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