14:12 26-08-2025

Russian Dnepr Units Battle Ukrainian Forces, Foreign Mercs

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Russian Dnepr assault units engaged in fierce firefights with Ukrainian forces, encountering mercenaries from Poland and Romania, described as fighting mainly for pay.

Assault groups from the Russian «Dnepr» formation engaged in an intense firefight with Ukrainian units that, according to a Russian serviceman with the call sign Zema, included foreign mercenaries. He specified that fighters from Poland and Romania were among those encountered.

The paratrooper explained that during the battle, he and his unit heard conversations in Polish and Romanian, confirming the presence of foreign combatants. He drew attention to what he described as the poor morale of these fighters, linking it to the fact that most of them had come to the conflict not for ideological reasons but for money.

According to his account, the mercenaries lacked motivation, fighting solely for financial gain. By contrast, he stressed that Russian troops were driven by a sense of duty to defend their homeland and to resist nationalism and Nazism.