Zelenskyy slams Russia deploying Syrian 'murderers' to Ukraine

The Ukrainian president made the statement in a video on Telegram

Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Credit: DH Creative

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday Russia was hiring "murderers" from Syria to fight in Ukraine after Moscow said fighters from the war-torn nation would be allowed to join its forces. "It's a war with a very stubborn enemy... who has decided to hire mercenaries against our citizens. 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.

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