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Ukrainian Base With Foreign Mercenaries Hit Near Kharkov, Underground Network Says

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DONETSK (Sputnik) - The base is located on the outskirts of Kharkov in a former holiday camp, the network said, adding that local residents have lately been spotting foreign military personnel there, some of whom appeared to speak Spanish.
A strike has hit a Ukrainian base accommodating foreign mercenaries near the city of Kharkov (Kharkiv), the coordinator of the pro-Russian underground network in Nikolayev (Mykolaiv), Sergey Lebedev, told Sputnik on Saturday.
"The resistance in Kharkov says there has been a very successful strike," he said.
A massive fire broke out at the base after the strike, with about a dozen ambulances, several firefighter units and numerous Ukrainian soldiers being deployed on the site, the resistance coordinator said.
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