IMAGE: U.S. military veterans Alexander John-Robert Drueke (left), 39, and Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh (right), 27, were reported captured by Russian forces earlier this week in Kharkov, Ukraine.

It’s time for an update on the latest ‘current thing’ in Ukraine – traveling to the war torn country as a foreign national looking to take up arms and exact revenge on Putin and the Russian regime.

We’re now learning about the actual scale (and fail) of the foreign mercenary effort in Ukraine and the countries of origin, as we detail later in this report.

How many of these now ‘soldiers of misfortune’ really knew what they were getting into, and how many of them were simply duped by their political leaders and the corporate media into making the perilous and unfruitful journey?

Two recently captured Americans have since openly admitted to Serbian media that they succumbed to the Western media propaganda blitz about the war in Ukraine.

U.S. military veterans and fellow Alabama residents Robert Drueke and Andy Huynh are now presumed prisoners of war – held in captivity by Russian forces. They were reported captured on the battlefield near Kharkov earlier this week.

Watch this revealing interview as both men tell Serbian journalist Miodrag Zarković how they now lament making the trip to Ukraine:

On Friday, June 17, 2022, Igor Konashenkov, official representative of the Russia Federation Ministry of Defense, provided an update on the foreign mercenary situation in Ukraine during his regular briefing on the progress of the special military operation.

Here’s a breakdown of the briefing provided by Xoaquin Flores from his Telegram channel @New Resistance: