DONETSK, February 22. /TASS/. Ukrainian troops killed wounded foreign mercenaries who were unable to leave Avdeyevka on their own, Igor Kimakovsky, advisor to the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, told TASS.
"The bodies of foreign mercenaries were found in Avdeyevka. Apparently, these people were first seriously wounded and then shot with guns," the advisor said, adding that most of those found had blast injuries.
Kimakovsky pointed out that the bodies were found on the outskirts of the city in the direction of the settlement of Lastochkino. According to him, this rules out the possibility that the mercenaries were killed in close combat with Russian troops.
"You can see that the [Ukrainian] servicemen were leaving, and these [mercenaries] couldn't go any further on their own. They simply did not bother to take care of them in order to save time and keep alive those who could still move on their own. They were shot at point-blank range to hide their identities and give them no chance of being captured," the advisor explained. He stressed that military doctors confirmed the information that all the mercenaries whose bodies were found were shot at close range.
According to Kimakovsky, not only the chevrons, but also the insignia of the found bodies testify to their affiliation. "According to information from the field, there are quite a lot of these bodies. The nature and causes of death of all the wounded are the same. No one tried to hide them, save for their affiliation," he added.
On February 19, Kimakovsky told TASS that the bodies of servicemen with American and Polish chevrons on their uniforms were found during the clearing of Avdeyevka.