The Russian military has made open boasts about the fact that its troops have massacred over 80 Polish fighters in some precision strikes which occurred in eastern Ukraine.
This comes as most of the Russian troops have completely occupied the city of Severodonetsk in the eastern region.
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The Russian defence ministry said in a statement on Saturday that “up to 80 Polish mercenaries, 20 armoured combat vehicles and eight Grad multiple rocket launchers were destroyed in precision strikes on the Megatex zinc factory in Konstantinovka.”
In another development, the Russian Government has also reported that it cannot have the Polish flag in its monuments and therefore, it has given a directive that all Polish flags be removed and burnt.
The President Vladimir Putin-led Russian government had made this statement while removing Polish flag from Soviet massacre memorial, which commemorates the thousands of Poles killed by the Soviet Union.
This is amid heightened tensions between Russia and Poland over the ongoing war in Ukraine.
The mayor of Smolensk city, Andrei Borisov had also confirmed the removal of the flag from the Katyn memorial in western Russia.
“There cannot be Polish flags on Russian monuments. Even less so after the frankly anti-Russian comments by Polish political leaders,” Borisov said on social media platform, VKontakte.
He backed the Russian Ministry of Culture for removing the flag, insisting the ministry “made the right decision by removing the Polish flag. Katyn is a Russian memorial.”
Russia on Saturday have also claimed that the European Union (EU) and NATO are currently building a ‘coalition’ to ‘essentially’ prepare for a war with Russia over the ongoing war with Ukraine.
Russian foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, who made the claims while reacting to the news of Ukraine and Moldova officially becoming members of the European Union, claimed that the EU is not a military-political bloc like the NATO.
He went on to add that the development of its relations with other countries does not create any threats or risks but added that his country perceives the rhetoric of the union had been increasingly aggressive and “Russophobic.”
