The French Foreign Ministry stated today, Thursday, that “France has no mercenaries either in Ukraine or anywhere else.” Earlier today, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that it had summoned the French ambassador to Moscow after Russian forces destroyed a temporary deployment point for foreign fighters in Kharkiv Province, including Frenchmen. The official spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said: “In connection with the destruction by the Russian Armed Forces of a temporary deployment point for foreign fighters in Kharkov, including dozens of Frenchmen, the French ambassador was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.” The Ministry of Defense reported. Yesterday, Wednesday, the Russian Federation said that Russian forces launched a high-precision strike on the deployment point of foreign mercenaries in Kharkov Province. The Russian Ministry of Defense statement stated: “On the evening of January 16, the Russian armed forces carried out a high-precision strike on the temporary deployment point.” For foreign fighters in Kharkov, the majority of whom are French mercenaries.” The statement indicated that the strike resulted in the complete destruction of the building in which the mercenaries were stationed, the neutralization of about 60 militants, and the transfer of more than 20 to medical institutions.