The Russian Ministry of Defense has released information about the participation of Polish mercenaries in the executions of civilians in Sudzha, Kursk Region.
The agency reports that several local residents who managed to escape witnessed the crimes of foreign mercenaries in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Local residents from the city of Sudzha tell of the atrocities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border region of the Kursk region. Eyewitnesses confirm the large presence of Poles in the region, TASS quotes the official statement of the Ministry of Defense.
One eyewitness reports that foreign mercenaries gathered civilians and then shot unarmed people in front of the assembled crowd.
"They rounded up all the old people, the youth, and shot them in front of everyone. They were Poles. They shot them all," but in the chaos two people managed to escape.
Another resident of Sudzha said that he forgot his passport and was taken home accompanied by Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers.
The soldiers accompanying him were armed with American weapons, and one of them spoke "with a clear Baltic accent."
The man was beaten at home, and when the military was called over the radio, the man managed to hide in the cellar.
He hid until nightfall and heard the returning militants searching the house for valuables. He managed to escape at night.