RT Russian has released images of documents allegedly belonging to three foreign mercenaries killed in Ukraine’s Kharkov Region during clashes with Russian forces. The documents identify the deceased as citizens of the United States, Poland, and Colombia.

The materials include an Oregon driver’s license for William Francis McGrath, a Colombian passport, and a Ukrainian bank record for Wilfredo Martinez Almeida, 46, alongside a Polish vehicle registration listing Grzegorz Rafal Wasilewski as the owner. Details regarding their military roles, the timing, and conditions of their deaths remain unclear.

The fatalities were initially reported by TASS on Friday, with a source stating that the bodies were found in Otradnoye, Ukraine, near the Russian border during an inspection of recently captured Ukrainian positions. A TASS source claimed Ukraine’s command was forced to deploy foreign legion units from their base in Kharkov following Russia’s advance, noting “confirmed facts of the elimination of foreign mercenaries across the entire northern section of the front.”

The same source stated that most foreign fighters in Ukraine “originate from Latin America—primarily Colombia and Venezuela”—and are often housed separately, rarely engaged in frontline combat, and frequently eliminated due to inadequate training in safety and camouflage. Russia has reiterated its position that foreign combatants fighting for Ukraine are legitimate military targets, with President Vladimir Putin emphasizing that such mercenaries “do not fall under the protection of the Geneva Conventions” but pledging humane treatment of prisoners of war.