{"id":1427539,"date":"2022-04-10T10:45:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T14:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427539"},"modified":"2022-04-10T10:45:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T14:45:12","slug":"russians-claim-to-have-destroyed-base-hosting-foreign-mercenaries-with-sea-launched-cruise-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russians-claim-to-have-destroyed-base-hosting-foreign-mercenaries-with-sea-launched-cruise-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Russians Claim to Have Destroyed Base Hosting &#039;Foreign Mercenaries&#039; with Sea-Launched Cruise Missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a 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          <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Russian military claims it has destroyed a Ukrainian base hosting \u201cforeign mercenaries\u201d with warship-launched cruise missiles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the night, high-precision sea-based missiles destroyed the headquarters and base of Dnepr nationalist battalion in Zvonetskoe, Dnepropetrovsk Region, where foreign mercenaries had recently arrived,\u201d claimed Major-General Igor Konashenkov, the Russian defence ministry\u2019s chief spokesman, in one of his regular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mod.mil.rus\/videos\/1709503636059499\/?__tn__=%2CO\">social media briefings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ukraine has recruited volunteers from the West in large numbers, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/chechen-and-tatar-muslims-take-up-arms-to-fight-for-ukraine\/a-61174375\">Chechen dissidents<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/03\/24\/ukraine-legion-foreign-soldiers-00020233\">other foreign fighters<\/a>, whom the Kremlin regard as mercenaries \u2014 although the Russians are themselves luring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/mar\/18\/syrians-join-russian-ranks-in-ukraine-as-putin-calls-in-assads-debt\">thousands of Arabs<\/a>, chiefly Syrians, to join their invasion force with the prospect of superior pay.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa \ud83c\uddfa Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry (10.04.2022) \u27a1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/33ay92pSPj\">https:\/\/t.co\/33ay92pSPj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vONvEBiRTj\">pic.twitter.com\/vONvEBiRTj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u041c\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u044b \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0438 (@mod_russia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mod_russia\/status\/1513100355206369289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Konashenkov also claimed that \u201c[h]igh-precision air-based missiles\u201d had destroyed a number of Soviet-era S-300 anti-aircraft missile launchers \u2014 the same system Slovakia is donating to Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/09\/slovakia-says-u-s-sending-patriot-missile-system-after-soviet-s-300s-donated-to-ukraine\/\">in exchange for U.S. Patriot missiles<\/a> \u2014 although the Associated Press noted that these\u00a0\u201cRussian military claims couldn\u2019t be independently verified\u201d on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian officer further claimed that his country\u2019s armed forces had downed eight drones and struck a number of Ukrainian\u00a0ammunition depots, command posts, fuel depots, and 49 military strong points, although this is similarly unverified.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow is believed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/09\/uk-defence-intel-russian-warships-bombarding-ukraine-support-eastern-offensives\/\">Britain\u2019s Ministry of Defence<\/a> and other Western government entities to be shifting its focus to the Donbas (Donbass) and Black Sea coastline in Ukraine\u2019s south-east, after sustaining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/08\/pics-kremlin-spokesman-admits-russia-has-taken-significant-losses-in-ukraine\/\">significant losses<\/a> in the Kyiv (Kiev) region in the north and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/ukraine-mariupol-red-cross-mines\/31782396.html\">retreating<\/a> most of the way back to Ukraine\u2019s pre-invasion frontiers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dozens of Foreign Volunteers Abandon Ukraine for Poland After Russian Missiles Strike Base<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QzMpOFmgso\">https:\/\/t.co\/QzMpOFmgso<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1503476062830927872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Jack Montgomery on Twitter:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>@JackBM<\/span><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>ontgomery<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian military claims it has destroyed a Ukrainian base hosting \u201cforeign mercenaries\u201d with warship-launched cruise missiles. \u201cDuring the night, high-precision sea-based missiles destroyed the headquarters and base of 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