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Russian MoD: Fighters of Georgian National Legion destroyed

24 April 2023 15:17 (UTC +04:00)

Russian forces delivered strikes by an Iskander tactical missile system against a Ukrainian arms depot and a foreign mercenaries’ site in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) over the past day, chief spokesperson of Russian Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov said, APA reports.

"On April 21, an Iskander tactical missile system delivered a strike against the arms depot and the foreign mercenaries’ temporary deployment site located in the library building in Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The strike eliminated as many as 60 militants of the Georgian Legion and 15 items of equipment deployed on the adjacent territory. Another 20 mercenaries received heavy wounds," the spokesman said.

The strike eliminated militants of the Georgian Legion who were complicit in brutal tortures and killings of Russian soldiers near Kiev in March last year, the general specified.