Syrian fighters headed for Ukraine proudly hold up a ‘Z’ flag as Volodymyr Zelensky condemns Putin for hiring foreign "murderers"
- Pro-Russian 'volunteer' fighters set to join Moscow's illegal invasion of Ukraine
- Supposed Syrian combatants are recorded chanting and holding a 'Z' flag aloft
- Vladimir Putin has given go-ahead for up to 16,000 volunteers to be deployed
- Middle East volunteers will be deployed in Donbass region, Sergei Shoigu said
Video footage has shown the moment Syrian 'volunteer' fighters proudly hold aloft a pro-Russian 'Z' flag as they prepare to join Moscow's illegal invasion of Ukraine.
Russia's Defense Ministry TV channel shared clips of supposed Syrian combatants ready to 'volunteer' in Ukraine - as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed Vladimir Putin for hiring foreign 'murderers'.
In the video, dozens of armed so-called Syrian mercenaries are pictured lining up as one hooded soldier proudly holds aloft the 'Z' sign that has become synonymous with support for Moscow's war.
Chilling images later show the group chanting, enthusiastically waving Russian flags and holding up placards adorned with President Putin's face on them.
At a meeting of Russia's Security Council, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said 16,000 volunteers in the Middle East were ready to fight alongside Russian-backed forces in the breakaway Donbass region of eastern Ukraine.
The move, which comes just over two weeks since the Russian President ordered the ruthless invasion, allows Russia to deploy battle-hardened mercenaries from conflicts such as Syria without risking additional Russian military casualties.
Vladimir Putin (pictured) has today given the go-ahead for up to 16,000 volunteers from the Middle East to be deployed alongside Russian-backed rebels to fight in Ukraine
Russia's Defense Ministry TV channel shared clips of supposed Syrian combatants ready to 'volunteer' in Ukraine - as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed Vladimir Putin for hiring foreign 'murderers'
Chilling images later show the group chanting, enthusiastically waving Russian flags and holding up placards adorned with President Putin's face on them
Putin today gave the go-ahead for up to 16,000 fighters from the Middle East to be deployed alongside Russian-backed rebels to fight in Ukraine.
It comes as Zelensky warned Russia was hiring Syrian 'murderers' to fight in Ukraine after Moscow permitted fighters from the war-torn nation to join its combat forces.
'It's a war with a very stubborn enemy... who has decided to hire mercenaries against our citizens', the Ukrainian premier said on Friday.
'Murderers from Syria, a country where everything has been destroyed... like they are doing here to us,' he said in a video statement on Telegram.
Putin, speaking at the council from the Kremlin, said they could help volunteers, who he claimed were joining of their own accord rather than for money, to 'get to the conflict zone'.
'If you see that there are these people who want of their own accord, not for money, to come to help the people living in Donbass, then we need to give them what they want and help them get to the conflict zone,' he added in an exchange that was shown on Russian state television
At a meeting of Russia's Security Council, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (pictured right with First Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov) said volunteers in the Middle East were ready to fight in the breakaway Donbass region of eastern Ukraine
Shoigu said the 'special military operation' was going to plan before requesting Putin's approval for the use of fighters from the Middle East
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Vladimir Putin has today given the go-ahead for up to 16,000 volunteers from the Middle East to be deployed alongside Russian-backed rebels to fight in Ukraine.
The move, which comes just over two weeks since the Russian President ordered the ruthless invasion, allows Russia to deploy battle-hardened mercenaries from conflicts such as Syria without risking additional Russian military casualties.
At a meeting of Russia's Security Council, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said 16,000 volunteers in the Middle East were ready to fight alongside Russian-backed forces in the breakaway Donbass region of eastern Ukraine.
Putin, speaking at the council from the Kremlin, said they could help volunteers, who he claimed were joining of their own accord rather than for money, to 'get to the conflict zone'.
'If you see that there are these people who want of their own accord, not for money, to come to help the people living in Donbass, then we need to give them what they want and help them get to the conflict zone,' he added in an exchange that was shown on Russian state television.
Shoigu said the 'special military operation' was going to plan before requesting Putin's approval for the use of fighters from the Middle East.
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