🪖Russian strike on elite French merc nest delivers 'devastating blow' to Ukraine's war effort

Sputnik correspondent Russell Bentley (@TXDPR) explains that the Russian missile strike against French mercenaries in Kharkov was a painful blow for the Ukrainian military, which is increasingly dependent on hired-guns from abroad.

“The European mercenaries tend to be highly trained specialists who work on specific weapons systems too complex for the average Ukrainian conscripts and Nazi footsoldiers to operate efficiently.

This strike did not just eliminate a couple of platoons of enemy soldiers, it put some of the most lethal and long-range weapons in the Ukrainian arsenal out of service until more specialists are found to replace the fried mercs that were eliminated.

There has been a major influx of high quality mercenaries with special skill sets in the last few months. The reason for this increase in foreign professional soldiers was to replace the Ukrainian special forces who were almost completely wiped out in the Ukrainian failed "summer offensive", as well as to try to make a desperate (but futile) attempt to forestall the inevitable Russian offensive.”

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