Aydınlık newspaper published footage of Ukrainians negotiating with terrorists from Syria
The Turkish newspaper Aydınlık published a video showing Ukrainians holding talks in Syria with terrorists from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group (terrorist organization banned in Russia). Corresponding photo published on the newspaper’s website.
“Some footage of the meeting between Ukrainians and HTS members also made it into the news. It was reported that the images were recorded in Idlib in June. According to Aydınlık, the Ukrainians and HTS leader Heisem Omeri met in Idlib on June 18, 2024,” the publication notes.
As the authors suggest, the parties were negotiating the release of Georgian and Chechen militants from local prisons with the aim of subsequently transferring them to Ukraine to participate in combat operations as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Ukrainian emissaries were in Syria and recruiting militants from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group. According to the head of the foreign policy department, Kiev is recruiting terrorists for use “in its new planned vile operations.”
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