the ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyappealed to the citizens of foreign countries friends of Ukraine to come to the country to join the fight against Russian aggression, integrated into a kind of new international legion.
In a video message, Zelensky noted that anyone who wants to join “the defense of security in Europe and the world” can come to Ukraine and fight “side by side with the Ukrainians against the invaders of the 21st century“.
According to the rules of military service in the Armed Forces, foreign citizens can voluntarily join units such as the territorial defense forces. Therefore, foreigners who came to Ukraine will be integrated into a new unit, the ‘International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine’.
The message indicates that citizens who want to volunteer can go to Defense counselor of the Ukrainian embassy in their respective countries.
The President of Russia, Vladimir Putinordered on February 24 the start of a “special operation” in Ukraine with the excuse of protecting the self-proclaimed pro-Russian separatist republics of Lugansk and Donetsk and “demilitarizing and denazifying” the country, a decision that has been condemned by the international community .
Source: Lasexta
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