From Yahoo:
“President Zelensky appeals
for foreign volunteers to come to Ukraine and enlist in a newly-formed
'International Legion' to fight the Russian invasion”
(Ukrainian Army soldiers pose for
a photo as they gather to celebrate a Day of Unity in Odessa, Ukraine,
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022.)
Ukraine is setting up an
International Legion for foreigners to join the fight against Russia. Foreigners
can come and "fight side by side with the Ukrainians against the Russian
war criminals." President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia's invasion was
"the beginning of a war against Europe." Ukraine is establishing an
International Legion for foreigners who want to come and fight against Russia,
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday. "Anyone who wants to join the
defense of Ukraine, Europe and the world can come and fight side by side with
the Ukrainians against the Russian war criminals," the statement on the
presidential website said. According to the Regulations on Military Service in
the Armed Forces by Foreigners and Stateless Persons, approved in 2016,
foreigners can volunteer for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Territorial
Defense Forces "A separate subdivision is being formed of foreigners
entitled the International Legion for the Territorial Defense of Ukraine. There
is no greater contribution which you can make for the sake of peace," the
statement said.
Zelensky called for international
solidarity against Russia and said in the statement that Russia's invasion was
"the beginning of a war against Europe." At his press briefing on
Saturday morning, Zelensky said: Every friend of Ukraine who wants to join
Ukraine in defending the country, please come over. We will give you weapons.
It will be announced very shortly, how this can be done. Everyone who is
defending Ukraine is a hero." The foreign minister of Ukraine, Dmytro
Kuleba, said on February 27, via Twitter: "Foreigners willing to defend
Ukraine and world order as part of the International Legion of Territorial
Defense of Ukraine, I invite you to contact foreign diplomatic missions of
Ukraine in your respective countries."
The UK's foreign secretary Liz
Truss said on Sunday that she supported British individuals who want to go and
fight in Ukraine. "The people of Ukraine are fighting for freedom and
democracy, not just for Ukraine but for the whole of Europe," she said. "And
absolutely if people want to support that struggle, I would support them in doing
that." The Kyiv Independent reporter Illia Ponomarenko tweeted on Saturday
that he had received over 100 emails from foreigners wanting to join the fight
for Ukraine.
As heavy attacks continue across
the country, ordinary Ukrainians have been taking up arms to fight against
invading Russian forces. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko and Ukraine's former
president Petro Poroshenko is among those who have said they will fight for
their country.
^ I call on every able Man and
Woman (Ethnic Ukrainians, Americans, Canadians, Mexicans, Brazilians,
Colombians, Brits, French, Spaniards, Germans, Italians, Poles, Hungarians,
Romanians, Czechs, Latvians, Lithuanians, Estonians, Slovakians, Slovenians,
Bosnians, Croatians, Irish, Portuguese, Greeks, Turks, Georgians, Moldovans,
Belgians, Luxembourgians, Dutch, Norwegians, Swedes, Danes, Fins, Icelanders,
Maltese, Cypriots, Montenegrins, North Macedonians, Andorrans, San Marinese,
Australians, New Zealanders, Israelis and even ethnic Russians) to go to Ukraine
and help fight against Putin’s Invasion, Bombing, Ground War against innocent
Ukrainian Men, Women and Children.
Putin has said that Ukraine does
not have a right to exist as a nation and that the Ukrainian People do not have
a right to exist as a People. He is trying to commit Ethnic Cleansing and wipe
Ukraine and the Ukrainian People off the face of the Earth.
You don’t have to speak
Ukrainian, you don’t have to have Military Experience you just have to be
against this unprovoked and unjustified War that Putin has started against Ukraine.
If I was able to I would
personally go back to Ukraine. As it is I spent many hours researching what it
going on (from all sides and in Russian, Ukrainian, French and English) and
posting about it on Facebook and my Blog. I also have been checking-in on my
Ukrainian Friends inside Ukraine and those fleeing to other Countries. On top
of that I have been translating between Ukrainian, Russian and English (articles,
official statements, public appeals, etc.) ^
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