❗Key takeaways from statements by Russian Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik at a news conference hosted by TASS:

▪Ukrainian embassies have turned into recruitment agencies for mercenaries since 2022

▪Western special services are directly involved in organizing terrorist attacks and acts of sabotage in the special military operation zone

▪Citizens of Latin American countries currently make up over 40% of foreign mercenaries in Ukrainian troops

▪Convicts and other people who cannot live normally in society are coming to fight for Ukraine as mercenaries to make money by spilling blood

▪The number of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine stands now at around 16,000 people, with about 30,000-40,000 mercenaries engaged there over the past years

▪The share of forcibly mobilized personnel in the Ukrainian army is as high as 70-75%

▪Western professionals are fleeing Ukrainian forces due to heavy losses