Macron's troop advance: According to EU insiders, Western special forces have long been in Ukraine. According to the most recent report from the U.S.
Department of Defense's Defense Manpower Data Center, as of December 2023, seven Army and one Navy personnel, as well as 10 Marines and one Pentagon civilian employee, were in the country. Russia has so far opened cases against 593 mercenaries from 46 countries who are accused of fighting against Vladimir Putin's troops. Among them are Americans, British and Germans.