04/18/2022
According to the Damien (the first foreigner to join the Legion and sign a contract with the Armed Forces), all the legionnaires with whom he spoke during these three weeks are united by a single motivation: โThey are guided by the understanding that because of their military experience, they can break the situation.โ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peUYFgZbHUY
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โI have the fitness, the youth, and the trainingโit would be selfish of me not to use it,โ he says. โIf rockets are wasted on me instead of some children, Iโll take that deal anytime.โ - says another volunteer, Povilas Adomas Limontas, a 24-year-old bartender from Kaunas, Lithuania.
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About 400 Swedes enlisted as volunteers in the Ukrainian army. Together with the military from the United States, Great Britain, Lithuania, Mexico and India, they were the first to defend Kyiv.
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โ๏ธ3,000 American volunteers volunteered to join the International Legion. Meanwhile, Ukrainians have already received former British Marines, and Polish soldiers are already destroying the Russian occupiers.
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โ๏ธPreviously, 70 Japanese, most of whom served in the Self-Defense Forces (Japan's State Armed Forces), appealed to the Ukrainian Embassy in Japan to defend Ukraine.
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โ๏ธBelarusians are enrolled in territorial defense, too. Some hold the defense of Kyiv.
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The number of willing volunteers is already more than 20 thousand people from more than 50 countries. About 100 volunteers arrive every day. These are mostly experienced fighters who have participated in many peacekeeping campaigns around the world. By the way, the first volunteers of the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine are already in positions on the outskirts of Kyiv. Due to the confidentiality of information, other data have not yet been disclosed.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky on March 1, 2022 introduced a visa-free regime for entry into Ukraine for citizens of foreign countries who wish to join the International Legion of Defense of Ukraine, except for citizens of the aggressor state.
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Foreigners who want to help Ukraine can find detailed step-by-step instructions on how to join the just fight against the aggressor on the website https://fightforua.org/ or ukrforeignlegion.com
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๐Sources:
https://ukrainer.net/dobrovolci/
https://portal.lviv.ua/
https://ukrforeignlegion.com/
www.liga.net
https://mil.in.ua/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Legion_of_Territorial_Defense_of_Ukraine
