Three Argentines who were part of the Ukrainian Army were murdered, within the framework of an assault mission in which Volodymyr Zelensky aspired to recover the position taken by the Kremlin in the city of Sumylocated in the northwest of the country.
The three combatants were identified as José Adrián Gallardo 53 years old, Mariano Franco 47 and the youngest of them, Ariel Achor They were 25 years old, as confirmed by government sources, and had joined the troops two months ago.
In their first mission to the battlefront, which dates back three weeks, the three Argentines They were detected and attacked by drones of Russian troops. In the middle of their retreat, they died as a result of a mine explosion. None of the troops had training in the Argentine Army nor had they joined its ranks, but rather they were hired, those called “mercenaries.”
The head of the military administration of the area, Oleg Grigorovmaintained that during the attack the Army that responds to Vladimir Putin deployed “dozens of drone launches and guided aerial bombs“The impact of the offensive also reached Russian prisoners of war.
The deaths of Gallant, Franc, Achor They add to that of the Argentine, Emmanuel Vilte39 years old, also a member of the Ukrainian army since 2022. Vilte lost his life in July, after being detected by a Shahed drone, of Iranian origin, adapted to the Russian military industry, in the city of Pokrovsk.
Moscow’s offensive in Sumy took place after the expulsion of Ukrainian forces from the region Kurskpartially occupied by kyiv during 2024. At the end of May, the authorities of the region bordering Russia ordered the evacuation of 11 villages for the violent offensive.
However, the main sources of confrontation are in eastern Ukraine. Currently, Russia occupies the 20% of Ukrainian territorymainly in the east and south.
In the last few hours, Zelensky valued Russia’s losses at $50 billion annually, arising from the sanctions applied by the United States Treasury, announced by Republican Donald Trump, to the country’s two main oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil.
More than three years after the invasion that dates back to February 24, 2022, the president Javier Milei spoke out on more than one occasion in support of his peer Volodymyr Zelensky, with whom he maintains a close relationship.
In the last hours, following the triumph of Freedom Advances (LLA) In the legislative elections, the head of state received a call from the former comedian to congratulate you on the results of Sunday’s elections.
Through his X account, the Ukrainian revealed that he praised Milei for her midterm electoral performance and invited him to visit Ukraine. “A cordial conversation with the President of Argentina, Javier Milei. I congratulated Javier on his party’s victory in the parliamentary elections. Argentina is doing a lot to achieve success and strengthen itself, and we sincerely hope that it continues to advance in the implementation of all the necessary reforms,” he expressed.
Likewise, he revealed: “I invited Mr. President to visit Ukraine to continue our dialogue and address the main perspectives for the development of relations between our countries: We really have many projects that we can carry out together. Our teams will stay in touch. Thank you!”.
It is not the first time that Zelensky, who was present at the libertarian’s presidential swearing-in, calls Milei to visit his country. He did the same thing in mid-August, in another contact they had by videoconference, one day before the negotiations between Trump and Putin in Alaska, so that both European countries could reach a peace agreement that would end the war. Until now, There was no official response from the president nor is there a date for the potential visit.
