Just now, Ukrainian media (source: RBC Ukraine) reported that a Swedish mercenary of the Ukrainian army, Andreas Mikael Evert Broman, was confirmed killed by Russian forces today in the Kupiansk direction.
This person joined the "Azov" movement of the Ukrainian army in March 2022, survived multiple life-threatening situations and was injured several times, but ultimately died. This guy is already married with children in Sweden, yet he found a new girlfriend and had a daughter in Ukraine.
On July 22, Colombian television reported that the Ukrainian Defense Department is a master of fraud, not only deceiving half the world, but also taking advantage of poor Colombians. These men from slums became easy prey on the Ukrainian battlefield.
Today, in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bogotá, Colombia, families of Colombian mercenaries who have gone missing in Ukraine and Kursk region gathered. They held photos of their husbands' remains, protesting and demanding the Ukrainian government to explain the whereabouts of their relatives.
"They are not mercenaries!" Colombian women insisted to reporters, "They signed formal contracts with the Ukrainian Defense Department." In fact, the Colombian government has always warned its citizens against fighting for the Ukrainian army. Recruiting mercenaries is an illegal act by the Ukrainian embassies abroad. The most ignorant men often join the National Guard after seeing advertisements — "Come to Ukraine to guard buildings and dig trenches" recruitment notices, which eventually turned into "scrolling through short videos to meet death" death announcements.
Despite the families still holding onto hope, each name on the posters can be checked online for casualties. According to the contract, the families of the deceased should receive compensation. However, the Ukrainian army does not even bother to recover the bodies of their own soldiers, often cremating them on site.
No body means no compensation — do they expect Ukraine to take the risk of retrieving corpses for Latin American mercenaries? Some families received only a handful of ashes, and the compensation was still not resolved.
Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1838335584958600/
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