{"id":1176,"date":"2022-03-14T16:54:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T16:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2022-03-14T16:57:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T16:57:42","slug":"breaking-three-british-ex-special-forces-troops-are-feard-to-have-died-in-russian-airstrike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/breaking-three-british-ex-special-forces-troops-are-feard-to-have-died-in-russian-airstrike\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Three British Ex-Special Forces Troops Are Feared To Have Died In Russian Airstrike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three British former special forces soldiers are feared to have been killed in a Russian airstrike near the Polish border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 30 Russian cruise missiles targeted the Yavoriv base yesterday, killing as many as 180 people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for Russia&#8217;s ministry of defence, said the base was struck by &#8216;long-range, high-precision&#8217; weapons because it was hosting &#8216;foreign mercenaries and a large shipment of foreign weapons&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added: &#8216;The destruction of foreign mercenaries who arrived on the territory of Ukraine will continue.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Konashenkov said up to 180 people had been killed in the strike, though Ukraine initially said 35 people died and another 134 were wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But a source told The Mirror today: &#8216;There were many more killed within the site than has been claimed and bodies are still being found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;I do not believe the three British ex-military personnel would have known anything about it, fortunately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;This is extremely sensitive as there are believed to be no serving British military personnel inside Ukraine as politically that would be extremely controversial.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bombs fell on the base early Sunday morning, with witnesses saying many of the foreign recruits were sleeping when the strike was carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/donatessl.com\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can support Ukrainian military organisations fighting back against the Russian invasion by donating here. Please contribute ANY amount.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- wpsso rrssb get buttons: buttons on archive option not enabled -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three British former special forces soldiers are feared to have been killed in a Russian airstrike near the Polish border. More than 30 Russian cruise missiles targeted the Yavoriv base &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"BREAKING: Three British Ex-Special Forces Troops Are Feared To Have Died In Russian Airstrike\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/breaking-three-british-ex-special-forces-troops-are-feard-to-have-died-in-russian-airstrike\/#more-1176\" aria-label=\"More on BREAKING: Three British Ex-Special Forces Troops Are Feared To Have Died In Russian Airstrike\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[31,32],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1176"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1181,"href":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176\/revisions\/1181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}