An officer from the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian army, who is responsible for recruiting foreign mercenaries, said in an interview that he has sent nearly 2000 Colombian mercenaries to the front line. It was very easy to recruit these Colombians, just by buying them tickets to Ukraine. Previously, the 47th brigade also showed a company mainly composed of Colombian mercenaries, and the commander was also a South American mercenary.
Different from European and American mercenaries, these Colombian mercenaries are expendable troops, with a very high casualty rate. Most of these Colombians were also deceived; they have not experienced real war and thought fighting against Russians was similar to dealing drugs in Colombia. However, once they came to Ukraine and went to the front line, they had no choice but to be involved.
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