Russia claims foreign fighters killed in base attack

Russia claims foreign fighters killed in base attack

Russia's defence ministry is asserting that its missile attack on the Yavoriv training facility in western Ukraine killed "up to 180 foreign mercenaries" and destroyed a large amount of weapons supplied by outside nations, Qazet.az reports.

Defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told a briefing Russia would continue its attacks against foreign fighters joining Ukrainian forces, Russian media report.

Ukrainian officials earlier said 35 people were killed and more than 130 wounded in the attack.