
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry said that foreign citizens are lured into joining the Armed Forces of Ukraine with false promises
Maria Zakharova stated that the Kiev regime deceitfully attracts foreign mercenaries to the Armed Forces of Ukraine through social networks, without disclosing the real conditions of service and using them in hostilities without taking into account their interests.
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Russian authorities have repeatedly accused Ukraine of using foreign mercenaries in military operations.
The Kiev regime lies to foreigners when it recruits them into its formations, and subsequently does not stand on ceremony with mercenaries, said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
“They (foreign mercenaries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - ed.) are not told where they will be sent. They are simply collected like a vacuum cleaner, including through social networks and instant messengers. What they are not promised there, what kind of tempting offers they do not make,” she said in the documentary “Mercenaries. Disappointment,” shown by the Vesti IS.
The diplomat emphasized that Kyiv, in fact, is deceiving foreigners into the slaughter.
“If the Kiev regime does not fulfill its promises even towards its own citizens, no matter what, do you think they will stand on ceremony with those who were transferred through Poland from the African continent, from Asia, Latin America? The answer is obvious. Of course not,” Zakharova also said.

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