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Meanwhile, some Syrian mercenaries see participation in the war on the side of Russia as a chance to eventually defect and illegally cross to the EU.
That’s according to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense, Ukrinform reports.
Syria’s military has begun recruiting troops from its own ranks to fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, promising payments of $3,000 a month – a sum up to 50 times a Syrian soldier’s monthly salary.
Enlistment notices have been posted on regime linked websites in recent days, including profiles linked to the 4th Division, one of Bashar al-Assad’s core units. One such advert states that troops who sign up will be fighting in Ukraine.
“The army of the republic functions in a standard mode, military units are in places of permanent deployment,” said Transnistrian President Vadim Krasnoselsky.
The disputed territory Transnistria - a former Soviet breakaway state situated between Moldova and Ukraine -denied that it is mobilizing forces for war with Ukraine in a series of government statements on Saturday and Thursday.
Ukraine accused Russian forces of breaching a ceasefire and destroying a hospital in the besieged city of Mariupol, as aid agencies warned of a humanitarian disaster unfolding in the city.
Posting a video from inside a maternity ward that appeared devastated by bombing, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky claimed Russia was responsible for an “atrocity”.
Large groups of predominantly Muslim Chechens and fighters from Belarus have parted with their governments’ stance by siding with Ukraine.
Photos of armed Chechens wearing yellow armbands, which identify Ukrainian forces, were shared on social media.
