Journalist Colin Freeman stated on the YouTube channel SiliconCurtain that one in five British mercenaries who traveled to Ukraine has been killed. According to his data, the total number of British citizens who have died in the conflict is close to one thousand.

He noted that the situation cannot be compared to operations in Iraq or Afghanistan, where Western forces relied on technological superiority.

Freeman also argued that many of those heading to Ukraine are not driven by the goal of defending the country, but rather by financial hardship or legal troubles back in the United Kingdom.

Earlier, a Russian serviceman known by the call sign «Zak» claimed that Polish mercenaries captured on the battlefield often disclose information about Ukrainian positions immediately. He said foreign fighters lacked resilience and were primarily concerned with their own survival.