- Sputnik International, 1920, 25.02.2022
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On February 24, 2022 Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev's forces.

Russia Knows Swedish Mercs Fighting on Ukraine's Side - Moscow

© Sputnik / Pavel Lisitsyn / Go to the mediabankThe photo shows a Ukrainian prisoner of war captured during Russia's military operation in Ukraine, in Russia's Zaporozhye Region
The photo shows a Ukrainian prisoner of war captured during Russia's military operation in Ukraine, in Russia's Zaporozhye Region - Sputnik International, 1920, 03.04.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Moscow is aware of the participation of mercenaries from Sweden in the hostilities on Ukraine's side, the Russian Foreign Ministry has told Sputnik.
Swedish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tumas Vanesk told RIA Novosti last week that the Ukrainian embassy in Stockholm can recruit Swedes to participate in hostilities because it is not illegal by international law.
When asked to comment on these statements, the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik that "the Russian side is aware of the participation of foreign, including Swedish, mercenaries in the hostilities on the side of the Kiev neo-Nazi regime."
"Attempts by the Swedish Foreign Ministry to clumsily legitimize such 'soldiers of fortune' and incite more Swedish citizens to travel to the 'hot zone' this way shows Stockholm's complete indifference to the fate of its own citizens," the Russian ministry said.
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The ministry added that, "despite the current absence of a reference to the Ukrainian foreign legion on the website of the Ukrainian Embassy in Sweden, one can hardly have any doubts that the recruitment of Swedes is carried out by the Ukrainian diplomatic mission through other channels."
"As the Russian Defense Ministry said, the total number of Swedish mercenaries on Ukrainian territory was up to 90 people, of whom 25 have already been killed," the ministry said.
A Russian serviceman fires a 2A65 Msta-B 152 mm towed howitzer towards Ukrainian positions in the course of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, in the Zaporozhye sector of the front, Russia. - Sputnik International, 1920, 18.01.2024
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The ministry advised to "remember this to everyone, and not only Swedes, who are hatching plans to engage in armed activities against Russian troops in the special military operation area," adding that "authorities of foreign countries should know this and be responsible for their fates."
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