Russian officials and the media report such figures regarding the dead foreigners who were fighters of the International Defense Legion of Ukraine. However, according to International Legion spokesman Damien Magrou, the statistics on the number of International Legion fighters killed in Ukraine, which were cited in Russia, are one more example of Russian disinformation.

"Whoever follows the situation understands that it cannot be like that. Some cases of death of US citizens have become known. However, these situations are actively discussed, and these soldiers' family members come forward and join to talk too. If there were 214, someone would have noticed it, so it is fiction," Magrou said.