"As a result of the strike, about 500 specialists were killed and wounded. Among the dead and wounded are servicepeople of the Ukrainian armed forces and the National Guard - communication specialists, operators of radio-electronic warfare systems, electronic intelligence, unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as foreign mercenaries from Poland, France, Germany and Sweden, who were training the Ukrainian military," the source said.
About 50 French fighters were killed as a result of the strike by Iskander tactical ballistic missile system on a foreign mercenary station in Ukraine's Konstantinovka, the statement said.
On September 4, a strike was carried out on the temporary positions of foreign mercenaries in the Ukrainian city of Krivoy Rog, the enemy lost more than 250 militants.
High-precision strikes against the positions of Ukrainian troops and mercenaries, as well as military facilities, will now become a regular occurrence, the source added.