Ukrainian officials have called Russia’s claims it has killed up to 180 foreign mercenaries during a strike on Yavoriv military base “pure Russian propaganda.” The country’s Defense Ministry spokesperson Markiyan Lubkivsky told CNN that the claims are simply not true and that no foreigners have yet been confirmed among the dead at the training area, which is around 12 miles away from the Polish border and roughly 25 miles from Lviv, located in western Ukraine. “This is not the truth. Pure Russian propaganda,” Lubkivsky said. Lubkivsky’s comments come after Russia’s Defense Ministry on March 13 said that up to 180 “foreign mercenaries” and a large consignment of foreign weapons were destroyed in the attack at the Yavoriv International Center for Peacekeeping and Security. Russian Ministry of Defense spokesperson Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in a briefing that high-precision long-range weapons were used to strike the Ukrainian armed forces training centers at Yavoriv, as well as a separate facility in the village of Starichi. …