Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the presidential office, said that Russia's attempts to transfer mercenaries from Syria and Libya to Ukraine have not yet succeeded..

" Attempts to transfer their mercenaries from Syria and Libya, the remnants of their units from the Far East have so far failed. That is, they do not have reserves, both according to our assessment and the assessment of leading Western experts,"

According to him, the main efforts of the Russian Federation are concentrated in the area of \u200b\u200bthe JFO zone..

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Earlier it was reported that Moscow began to recruit military in Syria, who can fight in urban conditions, for the war against Ukraine..

The WSJ writes that such a move indicates a possible escalation of hostilities in Ukraine.. Some of the Syrian militants are already in the Russian Federation and are preparing for hostilities.

Arab media reported that the Russian Federation offered Syrian volunteers between $200 and $300 to travel to Ukraine and work there as " Note that Russia is a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad..