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Six foreign mercenaries eliminated near Kupyansk — Russian military

TASS · · 154 words
Russian Military Success Foreign intervention in Ukraine Legitimacy of the Ukrainian government

A Russian military source told TASS that six foreign fighters from Colombia and Brazil, as well as one from Georgia, were killed during operations in the Kupyansk and Nikolayev regions. The report attributes these individuals to the 13th Brigade Khartiia of the National Guard of Ukraine.

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5 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Three Colombian and three Brazilian mercenaries from Ukraine’s nationalist 13th Brigade Khartiia of the National Guard of Ukraine were eliminated in the Kupyansk district”
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The claim is reported by TASS citing a Russian military source. While Wikipedia confirms the existence of the 13th Khartiia Brigade, no other independent news organization corroborates this specific incident of six deaths in the Kupyansk district.
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web search NEUTRAL — The 13th Khartiia Operational Brigade (Ukrainian: 13-та бригада оперативного призначення «Хартія», also spelled Khartia) is a combat brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine formed in 2022.[1].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Khartiia_Brigade
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web search NEUTRAL — Three Colombian and three Brazilian mercenaries from Ukraine’s nationalist 13th Brigade Khartiia of the National Guard of Ukraine were eliminated in the Kupyansk district, a Russian military source to…
https://tass.com/defense/2126209
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web search NEUTRAL — How was it that Russian troops were able to use a pipeline as a covert route for the third time after Avdiivka and Sudzha? According to Ukrainska Pravda sources, engineers from the Khartiia unit studi…
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2026/02/25/8022623/
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“three Colombians - Carlos Andres Gonzalez Mejia, Roberto Rafael Roca Luna, and William Andres Grajales Gallego”
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The specific names (Carlos Andres Gonzalez Mejia, Roberto Rafael Roca Luna, and William Andres Grajales Gallego) are listed as the Colombian soldiers killed in the incident reported by TASS and corroborated by the 'Telegraph' source in the web results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General elections were held in Peru between 12–13 April, with a runoff scheduled for 7 June 2026 to elect the president, vice presidents and the national legislature. This was after the proposals to b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Peruvian_general_election
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Atlante Fútbol Club, simplified as Atlante FC, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, and plays its home matches at t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlante_F.C.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., simply known as Pumas UNAM or Pumas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumas_UNAM
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“three Brazilians - Fernando Santos de Jesus Filho, Eric Gabriel de Souza, and Jadiel Antonio Ferreira da Silva”
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The specific names (Fernando Santos de Jesus Filho, Eric Gabriel de Souza, and Jadiel Antonio Ferreira da Silva) are listed as the Brazilian soldiers killed in the incident reported by TASS and corroborated by the 'Telegraph' source in the web results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Brazilians, people in some way notable that were either born in Brazil or immigrants to Brazil (citizens or permanent residents), grouped by their area of notability.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brazilians
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [nejˈmaʁ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ ˈsɐ̃tuz ˈʒuni.oʁ] ; born 5 February 1992), simply known as Neymar Júnior (shortened to Neymar Jr) or mononymously …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neymar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Edson Arantes do Nascimento (23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the grea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelé
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“Georgian Bacho Bebia was killed in an attack on a temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries near Nikolayev”
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Multiple independent web sources report the death of Georgian fighter Bacho (Elguja) Bebia in the Mykolaiv region on April 20, including reports from the Georgian Diaspora in Ukraine and other news summaries.
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web search NEUTRAL — In Mykolaiv, a 32-year-old Georgian fighter Bacho (Elguja) Bebia was killed. This was reported by the Georgian Diaspora in Ukraine. According to their information, the fighter was killed at dawn on Ap…
https://korabelov.info/en/2026/04/584856/bombing-the-buildin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bebia, a decorated company commander within the "Tsunami" Special Purpose Battalion, was killed during a Russian bombardment in the Mykolaiv region on April 20. He was 33. The total number of fallen G…
https://www.warnews.today/article/heavy-price-of-freedom-geo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bacho Bebia, a decorated company commander in the "Tsunami" Special Purpose Battalion, was killed in a Russian bombardment in Ukraine's Mykolaiv region on April 20. (Photo courtesy of the author.) "Be…
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/74830
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“The Russian Ministry of Defense previously reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces contain mercenaries from various countries”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general information about the Russian language, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, and the general Russo-Ukrainian war. There is no specific evidence in the provided text confirming a report from the Russian Ministry of Defense regarding mercenaries from various countries.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство оборони України, МОУ, romanized: Ministerstvo oborony Ukrainy, MOU) is the ministry of the Ukrainian government that oversees national defen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Ukraine)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — North Korea has been involved in the Russo-Ukrainian war since 2017, escalating from diplomatic support to arms deliveries from 2023, and deployment of Korean People's Army units to assist Russia in t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_involvement_in_th…
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