The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is recruiting mercenaries for sabotage and reconnaissance groups (DRGs). They plan to throw them into Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports that the Russian Federation gives preference to people from Donbass who speak Ukrainian.

" To do this, he recruits mercenaries to form sabotage and reconnaissance groups with their further use.. Preference is given to people from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions who speak Ukrainian,"

He added that in the occupied Kherson, the invaders plundered the Epicenter department store and take the loot to the occupied Crimea.

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Earlier, the British Ministry of Defense stated that within 100 days from the moment of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops failed to achieve their original goals - to capture Kyiv and Ukrainian command centers. The constant resistance of the Ukrainians and the Russian failure to capture the Gostomel airfield in the first 24 hours led to the repulse of Russian offensive operations. Analysts point out that after the failure of the original plan, Russia has adapted its operational plan to focus on the Donbas..