ウクライナ入り「日本人９人」　外国兵めぐりロシア発表

　ロシアのウクライナ侵攻をめぐり、ロシア国防省は９日、ウクライナ軍に加勢して戦闘に従事した「外国人傭兵（ようへい）」の最近の状況をまとめたとする資料を公表した。５日時点で日本人９人が現地入りしているといい、７月発表の１人から増加した。
　日本人の９人は、中国（２人）や韓国（１人）を上回っている。公表された資料によれば、２月２４日の侵攻開始後に日本人１０人が戦闘に従事する目的でウクライナに入り、１人が出国した。（2022/08/11-05:42）

Nine Japanese people were among foreigners who entered Ukraine to fight for the country in the war with Russia as of Friday last week, the Russian Defense Ministry has said.
   The number of such Japanese increased by one from July and compared with two from China and one from South Korea, the ministry said.
   According to documents released by the ministry, 10 Japanese people have entered Ukraine to fight for the country since the Feb. 24 start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and one of them left the country later.
   Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov claimed that the number of foreign fighters in Ukraine decreased to 2,192 from 2,741 as a result of military operations by Russian forces and pro-Russian armed groups between early July and early August.
   He added that 2,682 of the 7,282 foreigners who entered Ukraine since the start of the invasion have been killed.