https://sputnikglobe.com/20230822/us-mercenary-leaves-puzzling-message-before-his-demise-in-ukrainian-fields-1112780223.html
US Mercenary Leaves Puzzling Message Before His Demise in Ukrainian Fields
US Mercenary Leaves Puzzling Message Before His Demise in Ukrainian Fields
Sputnik International
An American mercenary fighting in Ukraine left a message for his father before he died, promising to share details of a mission, a British newspaper reports.
2023-08-22T10:23+0000
2023-08-22T10:23+0000
2023-08-22T11:03+0000
russia's special operation in ukraine
russia
moscow
sergei shoigu
ukraine
ukrainian counteroffensive attempt
us
mercenaries
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e7/07/0b/1111811947_0:338:451:592_1920x0_80_0_0_252a1b0d8c80143f670f86476161809a.png
According to the newspaper, 48-year-old Jeff Jones was killed in a mortar strike near Artemovsk (Bakhmut) on July 31.According to his father, Howard, the mercenary maintained sporadic contact with him, but would go off the radar for a week at a time. On the day of his death, Jones sent his father a message saying that he had volunteered for a mission that "all the other groups were afraid to do.""He said he would let us know when he got back. I sent him a message and never heard back," Jones Sr. said, adding that he received a call a few hours later informing him of his son's demise.In late May, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu estimated that the number of mercenaries fighting on the side of Kiev was around 2,500. Moscow has repeatedly stressed that armed activities against Russian military personnel will be stopped and foreign mercenary groups will be crushed on the battlefield.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20230821/intense-battles-raging-near-sinkovka-village-outside-kharkov--reports-1112755029.html
russia
moscow
ukraine
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
2023
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
News
en_EN
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e7/07/0b/1111811947_0:296:451:634_1920x0_80_0_0_51593bc59d8bad1b051a1b5fff1c7121.pngSputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
ukraine foreign fighters, ukraine foreign legion, ukraine international legion, ukraine foreign mercenaries, ukraine foreign fighters
ukraine foreign fighters, ukraine foreign legion, ukraine international legion, ukraine foreign mercenaries, ukraine foreign fighters
US Mercenary Leaves Puzzling Message Before His Demise in Ukrainian Fields
10:23 GMT 22.08.2023 (Updated: 11:03 GMT 22.08.2023) MOSCOW (Sputnik) — An American mercenary fighting in Ukraine left a message for his father before he died, promising to share details of a mission, a British newspaper reports.
According to the newspaper, 48-year-old Jeff Jones was killed in a mortar strike near Artemovsk (Bakhmut) on July 31.
According to his father, Howard, the
mercenary maintained sporadic contact with him, but would go off the radar for a week at a time. On the day of his death, Jones sent his father a message saying that he had volunteered for a mission that "all the other groups were afraid to do."
"He said he would let us know when he got back. I sent him a message and never heard back," Jones Sr. said, adding that he received a call a few hours later informing him of his son's demise.
21 August 2023, 11:07 GMT
In late May, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu estimated that the number of mercenaries fighting on the side of Kiev was around 2,500.
Moscow has repeatedly stressed that armed activities against Russian military personnel will be stopped and
foreign mercenary groups will be crushed on the battlefield.