This is why Putin doesn’t trust the West/EU/France. Germany is way up there. In fact the amount of foreign fighters killed in Ukraine is incredible. They remove their nations patch and any identifiable paperwork like passports. It’s bagged by the Russian military and handed over. Those kIA Ukrainians aren’t given that privilege. Their corrupt leaders of their group do not report them KIA because that would stop their stipend so their group leaders intervene and steal the money. Has been going on since the beginning.
This is why Putin doesn’t trust the West/EU/France. Germany is way up there. In fact the amount of foreign fighters killed in Ukraine is incredible. They remove their nations patch and any identifiable paperwork like passports. It’s bagged by the Russian military and handed over. Those kIA Ukrainians aren’t given that privilege. Their corrupt leaders of their group do not report them KIA because that would stop their stipend so their group leaders intervene and steal the money. Has been going on since the beginning.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/12/22/ffci-d22.html