Russian armed forces seized grenades used by Western mercenaries near Avdiivka

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Russian armed forces seized grenades used by Western mercenaries near Avdiivka

Russian armed forces captured grenades used by Western mercenaries near Avdiivka – RIA Novosti, 03/19/2023

Russian armed forces seized grenades used by Western mercenaries near Avdiivka

American M67 hand-held fragmentation grenades were captured as trophies at positions recaptured from the Ukrainian army near Avdiivka, an RF Armed Forces officer with the call sign “Bely” … RIA Novosti, 19/ 03/2023

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DONETSK, March 19 – RIA Novosti. US M67 hand-held fragmentation grenades were captured as trophies at positions recaptured from the Ukrainian army near Avdiivka, a Russian armed forces officer with the call sign “Bely” told RIA Novosti that he there were more and more such weapons at the front and, as a rule, they are used by mercenaries from the countries members of the NATO bloc.” American-made M67 fragmentation antipersonnel grenade. This trophy was found on positions enemies in the direction of Avdiivka. These weapons are mainly used by foreign mercenaries. Ukrainian forces do not have such weapons. They mainly use F1 or RGD. This grenade was captured a week ago. More we advance, the deeper we go, the more we encounter NATO weapons. Man-portable systems, grenade launchers, RPOshki (reactive anti-personnel flamethrowers) and so on,” a Russian officer told a correspondent of RIA Novosti. The M67 grenade was developed in the 1960s. In 1971 it was adopted by the US Army. It is now in service with the US Army, Canada, Argentina and Turkey. It was used during the war in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq and other conflicts. Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that more than 8,000 mercenaries from more than 60 countries came to Ukraine, the largest groups came from Poland, the United States, Canada , Romania and Great Britain, despite the fact that in many countries mercenarism is prohibited by law and prosecuted. According to her, such support for the kyiv regime increases the involvement of Western countries in what is happening in Ukraine. Over 3,000 foreign fighters had already been destroyed by this time, the same number returned home.

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Russian armed forces seized grenades used by Western mercenaries near Avdiivka