A veteran of the SVO told about a captured Polish mercenary who hid money in his pants

A Polish mercenary of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), when surrendering near Izium in 2022, tried to save trousers in which he was hiding a large sum of money. Azamat Ermukhanov, a veteran of the special military operation (SVO), a former intelligence sniper, told about this on November 8.

"Despite the fact that he was surrounded by Russian soldiers, he first tried to find his pants, and then did not give them back. It turned out that he had huge amounts of money rolled up there, which Ukraine paid him," he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Ermukhanov added that in 2022, captured Ukrainian servicemen were often taken near Raisins. The distance between the positions of the sides was only 100-150 m. According to him, the Polish mercenary behaved unusually and, presumably, was under the influence of drugs. At the same time, the veteran was most struck by his attachment to money, since even after being captured, the man was not interested in where he was being taken.

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On October 31, Russian Ambassador to Denmark Vladimir Barbin reported that the Russian side was aware of several dozen mercenaries from Denmark who were participating in hostilities on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The diplomat stressed that the future of these people is "unenviable."

On October 17, Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large for crimes of the Kiev regime, reported that about 20-30 thousand mercenaries had passed through the ranks of Ukrainian military formations during the conflict. The diplomat also noted that it is not easy to determine the exact number of mercenaries: the available information is of an estimated nature.