At least ten foreign volunteers who joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed in a Russian missile strike on a training camp in Kirovohrad region on July 21.
That’s according to The New York Times, Ukrinform reports.
The Ukrainian Army confirmed that the attack had killed and wounded soldiers but declined to disclose details.
Three soldiers, including one who witnessed the strike, described a harrowing assault that hit fresh recruits from the United States, Colombia, Taiwan, Denmark and other places.
According to the report, the missile attack on the training camp, which took place near the central Ukrainian city of Kropyvnytskyi on July 21, was timed for when recruits sat down at picnic tables for lunch, the soldiers said.
One foreign volunteer said he saw at least 15 dead soldiers and more than 100 others who were wounded.
Meanwhile, Volodymyr Kaminskyi, a spokesman for the international legion of the Ukrainian military intelligence agency, stated that an investigation into the strike was underway and that the toll could not be revealed while it continued.
In the early hours of August 12, Russian forces launched a missile strike on a Ukrainian Ground Forces training unit, killing one soldier.
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