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Amid manpower losses resulting from Ukraine’s botched counteroffensive, its military ranks have been bolstered by foreign mercenaries. But Russia continues to deliver precision strikes in the course of its special operation, including targeting training facilities set up by such guns for hire.

Russia’s strikes on facilities housing foreign mercenaries in Ukraine will likely "dampen the enthusiasm" of guns for hire, retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik.

Strikes like that Russia carried out on Kharkov "raise the risk level for these soldiers and others, who are in Ukraine largely for the money," noted the former analyst for the US Department of Defense. Russia is sending a powerful message to all foreign fighters and others ready to join the Kiev regime's forces for cash.

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