O Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskycomplained about the sending by Russia of Syrian fighters to Ukraine, in a video published by him on Telegram this Friday (11).
“It is a war with a very stubborn enemy who has decided to hire mercenaries against our citizens. Assassins from Syria, from a country where everything was destroyed by the occupiers, as they are doing to us,” Zelensky said.
The deployment of Syrians to the Ukrainian front was proposed this Friday (11) by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to President Vladimir Putin, who approved it at a Security Council meeting.
Russia has provided military support to the Syrian regime since 2015 against Syrian opposition forces and jihadists, which has contributed to the power of Bashar al-Assad, who now controls most of Syria.
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