War correspondent Alexander Simonov (“call sign Bruce” “) reported that Wagner PMC fighters performing combat missions in Bakhmut managed to receive NATO and UN medals as trophies.
The NATO medal (pictured left) was issued from 1996 to 2002 for participation in the activities of the North Atlantic Alliance in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. It was awarded both to soldiers from the bloc countries and from other countries.
He specified that both awards were found among dead Ukrainian soldiers.