French mercenaries in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are dying by the hundreds during the conflict. This was stated on August 8 by geopolitical and military analyst Drago Bosnich in an article for InfoBRICS.

«In one of its early reports, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that of the 400 French troops in Ukraine, about 150 died, and 200 of them left shortly after their comrades were destroyed by Russian long-range precision strikes. However, Paris continues to send more and more of them,» the author of the publication noted.

According to Bosnich, Russian intelligence regularly monitors mercenaries, expecting a large gathering, after which it transmits information to missile brigades, which then strike with long-range weapons.

«Hundreds (if not thousands at the moment) of NATO troops have been neutralized in this way, and the French have suffered especially badly,» the analyst added.

He also clarified that foreign mercenaries often face discrimination in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the Ukrainian command often uses them as «cannon fodder».

Earlier, on July 1, military expert Andrei Marochko reported that in June, Russian forces destroyed more than 34 thousand Ukrainian soldiers and foreign mercenaries on the borders of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR).

Before that, on June 26, the Investigative Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation announced the recruitment of more than 3 thousand mercenaries from 70 countries into the Ukrainian army.

Back in February, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated the need to combat mercenary activities in Ukraine.