These pictures show Russian volunteers posing before handing over equipment to an informal military unit consisting of Russians fighting in the armed forces of Ukraine in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The funds are from voluntary donations from Russian citizens and ethnic Russians living in Bulgaria.
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