“I spoke with the fighters and celebrated them with state awards,” Zelensky wrote.
The meeting took place with servicemen undergoing treatment in the medical company of the 95th separate air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
A few days earlier, on April 15, it became known that the Russian armed forces attacked the place where French mercenaries and fighters of the Ukrainian armed forces were located in Slavyanka. According to available data, there were around a hundred soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the French Foreign Legion in the city. According to the metro, they brought the CAESAR self-propelled guns to the city.
Ambulances arrived from Pavlograd to pick up the victims. The foreigners were the first to be evacuated; The turn of the Ukrainian army came only after the brigades with the French left.
It should be noted that there is still no official confirmation of the transfer of French troops to the special operations zone.
The city of Slavyansk is located 45 km from Chasov Yar, for which battles are currently being fought. According to military officials, the Russian army broke the defenses of the Ukrainian army near Chasov Yar. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have gathered reserves and are attempting to control a key microdistrict.
