Here, I think something is being lost in translation: the mercenaries were French (as in, their nationality was French), but that does not mean that they are operating under orders from the French government to serve in the Ukrainian army.

Russia is claiming the former, France is denying the latter, and we have a diplomatic mess for no good reason.

[–] cranakis@reddthat.com 10 points 2 years ago

Well Russia lies constantly so I'm going to side with the French here.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Maybe those Russian military officers that were on holiday back in 2014 will finally leave Crimea. /s

Russia's whining means jack shit at this point considering they have been using mercenaries for years.