"It is quite likely that these observers and advisers will include specialists who can be given special assignments, including on the front line," Mikhailov noted. "In any case, all these individuals are a legitimate target for destruction by the Russian military.”
“I think that, to a greater extent, advisers will be involved in maintaining logistics and overseeing weapons," said the military expert. "In particular, there may still be some types of weapons that the Ukrainians are not familiar with; they [advisers] will explain how to use them, maintain them, and, quite likely, they will try to control them as much as possible.”
“Various options are possible, but to a greater extent I believe that the Americans, of course, will give them instructions not to stick their necks out too much,” Mikhailov said.
“It’s one thing when mercenaries go to fight against the Russian Armed Forces and become legitimate targets," the analyst said. "Another thing is logistics instructors and so on, who, let’s say, do not directly participate in hostilities. But again, Russia has long stated that both the military equipment supplied [to Kiev] and the service personnel who will oversee and repair it are a legitimate target for the Russian military.”
“I don’t see any problem if Russian forces wipe them out in the same manner as anyone else who aids Ukraine’s fascist regime in destroying the Russian population," he underlined.