Breaking news: Spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, said that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s request for the release of the hostages in the Turkish mosque in Mariupol was fulfilled by the Russian special forces, and the mosque and the hostages were rescued.
Spokesperson Konashenkov made statements about the actions of the Russian army in the war in Ukraine.
Noting that at the request of President Erdogan, Russian troops carried out a special operation yesterday “to release the hostages held by the Ukrainian forces in the Turkish mosque in the Primorskiy region of Mariupol,” Konashenkov said, “As a result of the selfless actions of the Russian special forces, the mosque was opened, 29 fighters, including foreign mercenary fighters, were killed. Commonwealth of Independent States. The hostages, who were citizens of one of their countries, were released and taken to safety.” said.
Pointing out that the Azovstal Metallurgical Factory facilities in the city of Mariupol were completely surrounded by Russian forces, Konashenkov said that the Russian soldiers asked the Ukrainian forces there to surrender, but it was learned from the radio conversations that the Kyiv administration had ordered the Azov group to shoot the soldiers and foreign mercenaries who laid down their weapons.
Pointing out that according to the testimony of those who surrendered, there are about 400 foreign mercenaries, mostly from European countries, Konashenkov stated that 6,824 foreign mercenaries from 63 countries have come to Ukraine since the beginning of the war.
Expressing that foreign fighters were distributed to Ukrainian military units in the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odessa, Mykolaiv and Mariupol, Konashenkov noted that as a result of the conflicts, the number of foreign fighters decreased and the number of these fighters decreased to 4,877 as of today.
In addition, Konashenkov said, “Russian armed forces killed 1035 foreign mercenary fighters in Ukraine. 912 fighters refused to participate in the fighting and left the country.” he said.
AMMUNITION FACTORY IN Kyiv REGION IS HIT BY MISSILE
Stating that the Russian army hit the ammunition factory in the Brovari settlement area in the Kyiv region with high-precision missiles from the air during the night, Konashenkov stated that the Russian air force destroyed 68 Ukrainian military elements in different places, including the air defense missile system and arsenals.
Noting that missile and artillery units fired 814 places, Konashenkov said that they shot down 10 unmanned aerial vehicles with their air defense systems.
Konashenkov also said, “To date, 134 aircraft, 470 unmanned aerial vehicles, 249 air defense missile systems, 2 thousand 290 tanks and armored vehicles, 254 multi-barrel rocket launchers, 992 howitzers and mortars, 2 thousand 166 special military vehicles belonging to the Ukrainian army have been destroyed. ” said.
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