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2024-01-19 20:24:10 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8E951E9C878B76C1CFFD646EE987BAAAEDF1C372F1D84B8439A042CAEF5FB794
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Russia struck residential buildings—not military targets—in Kharkiv with S-300 missiles on 16 January. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/01/16/7437536/ There is no evidence for the "mercenary" claim. The French foreign ministry has said France has "no mercenaries, neither in Ukraine nor elsewhere, unlike certain others" https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-denies-russias-claims-that-it-has-mercenaries-ukraine-2024-01-18/ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240118-paris-dismisses-russian-claim-of-french-mercenaries-in-ukraine
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