What is the Ukrainian Foreign Legion?
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- Within days of Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the creation of a Ukrainian Foreign Legion, officially the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine, a new military formation in which foreigners could join the Armed Forces of Ukraine to fight against the Russian invasion. In this video find out about who is joining the new unit, where they are coming from and why certain nationalities are more represented than others.
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In Ireland our government has taken a stance of not interfering with those going to fight for Ukraine. Many Ukrainian nationals have already gone over, but some Irish citizens have as well. In Ireland it has never been illegal to join a foreign military and currently several thousand Irish citizens are serving in foreign armies, mostly the British Army, foreign legion and US military. There is a long tradition of Irish men fighting in foreign armies known as the 'Wild Geese'. Including as you have covered over a thousand during the Spanish Civil War and upwards of 50,000 in WW2. Given the history our government has never prevented people from fighting in foreign armies, as long as they are not fighting for designated terrorist organisations such as ISIS or Al Qaeda.
Of course one thing to note is how the government have treated them when they return
3,000 US citizens so far have flown or are flying to Poland and crossing the border to fight the Russians. That might start World War III as the Russians can claim they are not acting as private citizens. ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️
The nazis in the US however desperately defending Putin, misinterpreting any sort of the conflict to target the jews. anglin dailystormer claimed that ukraine president is harmful to Russia "white Christian country"
plenty irish joined the IRA, totally not a terrorist organization
More Irish citizens fight in the British army than Ireland has in its actually defence forces
I read a piece about a British warehouse manager, who had a degree in that kind of management. He might not make a great soldier but logistics being a key factor in winning wars, his knowledge and skills could be very useful to keeping the army in the field fueled and supplied to make the fight.
Can he speak or read Ukrainian? Cus I'll bet the Ukranian Military have access to plenty of warehouse managers locally.
Understand it takes a lot of resources to organise foreign recruits, while your country is under attack and struggling to support it's local populace.
@@caad5258 For all those Americans, Brits, Canadians, and Irish that are making their way to the fight, having someone who can liaise on their behalf is a good thing
@@caad5258 some Ukrainians can speak English
@@tokreds2 No doubt, but they'll be running their logistics in Ukrainian. It's hard to be a logistician if you have to have someone translate every item for you.
Also there would be a lot of local context a british manager would be missing, such as the size of the railway tracks the Ukrainians use, which are soviet style instead of western tracks.
I’m fascinated to see how the volunteers do now they are on the B team. This isn’t Afghan where your biggest problems are ambushes in the valleys or IED’s. They are facing a near peer military (regardless of incompetency reports of Russia’s military) there will be a moment when sh*t really hits the fan and they don’t have air support to cover their retreats. Brave men but naive men. It’s all very interesting indeed.
A couple of days ago I volunteered to head to Ukraine in an active combat role because I was once a member of the special forces of Vietnam. But, unfortunately, my country had a close tie with Russia and my superiors forbid me to join the Ukrainian Foreign legion. I wish I could help the Ukrainian.
Just go to another 3rd country and sneak in from there
@@jeremyemilio9378 he would Lost his job
Anybody from the United States that goes to Ukraine to fight the war they just want to kill somebody and not go to prison so I think when they get back they should go to prison for at least 10 years and we'll just assume they killed somebody since we got no way to prove it we just assume that and they're asking to go to prison for 10 years because they're not in the military they have no business doing that
Well, majority of Vietnamese is pro Russia, even if u volunteer and fight for Ukraine, the pro Russia ultra nationalist vietnamese will call you mercenary(even though Ukrainian government don't pay a single penny for you) and they mocking you on internet like Andy Huynh. But i do respect that your are tried volunteer and fight for it.
fight for the legion for three months and Ukraine will grant you citizenship
In South Korea there have been hundreds of requests to the Ukrainian embassy on how to join the foreign legion (I guess thats like one benefit of conscription....) however, the government has been clear that if we enter a risk level 4 country, which is Ukraine, we can be potentially sentenced to a maximum 1 years in jail, fined $8000, and risk limiting our passports to travel. So its pretty divided here on what we should view those who go to Ukraine.
risk level 4 means the risk in terms of infection?
@@cybeermancom1 Its like how dangerous the country is based on how high the levels are, the max is 4 I believe.
Well, that sucks. I hope they change that law.
I'd say go if you feel it in your heart. You could very likely get Ukrainian passports when the conflict is resolved, and choose how and when to return to South Korea from that point.
@@user-jr6cr4qv7c what? South Korea is a staunch US Ally. They are not pro China or pro Russia they in fact joined the sanctions and Russia labeled them a nation that engaged in hostile actions against Russia.
actually the Danish Prime Minister adressed the nation and said it was quite legal for Citizens to join the Ukrainian side of the conflict.
Edit: one of my friends even volunteered but in the first wave from Denmark it will only be people with prior history of millitary service or Medical Staff.
As a Dane i can confirm NiklasMJ comment is true. Our Primer Minister did infact hold that briefing.
Dumb mfa will die for no reason
is he a neonazi?
@@DelijeSerbia hopefully 💪💪💪
@@DelijeSerbia putin? but of course my comrade
As of Saturday, over 500 hundred Brazilian volunteers were mobilising to fight for Ukraine, more than a hundred had already formally contacted the Ukrainian embassy, and many were already arriving there (as of today, some were confirmed to have already joined the battle in the proximities of Kyiv)
I have utmost respect for this act
Smoking Snakes, once more
I love how based the brazilians are.
Here in Mexico everyone hides behind the stupid rhetoric of "non-intervention" to ignore the conflicts
Cobras Fumanches
Even though this is a terrible war, its great to see so many people stand together regardless of nationality. It really shows that we cannot simply be seperated by gouvernments and nationalities, but are united as free human beings.
A embaixada da Ucrânia aqui no Brasil permite isso?
@@joshuacabrera1389 Bobagem essas coisa de "não intervenção", mentalidade de nações covardes e fracas.
A small mistake: the french foreign legion did not allowed Ukrainian members to go fight in Ukraine. The general commanding the FFL was very clear about that. He did however allowed some of them to go to Poland or other neighboring countries to help their families go to safety.
That said, it appears that some members who were off duty attempted to go there (a dozen of them were arrested). It remains to be seen what sanction will be brought against them, if any.
However, it appear that many former légionnaires from Ukraine have gone there to fight, but since they are no longer servicemen of the french military, they do not require any authorization to do so.
Yep french foreign légion is a part of french army if one of the légionnaire go to Ukraine that s could be interpreted as an act of war , and start world war 3
@@carnov newsflash were in ww3 its just the start of it
Thank you for bringing that clarification up
that sounds counter intuitive that a foreign legion would not allow their members to fight in another foreign legion. but it also makes sense. I know that when people from other countries come to join, they have to loose their loyalty to that country and only have loyalty to the french foreign legion
@@heroedeleyenda05 French légionnaires being part of the french army and under contract, they are not allowed to leave their service.That would be desertion. And consent from the french army, even a non official one, could be understood as a direct involvement, which I am sure they would rather avoid for now.
400 Swedes, expect that to increase dramatically.
There is a tradition in Sweden to join whatever force is fighting Russia.
To correct you: The Czech Republic laws usually require anyone wishing to serve in a foreign country's army to seek permission from the President. But in this case (given that around 300 people applied) - they announced that people fighting in Ukraine (on Ukrainian side) will be granted impunity by abolition.
Beutifull to see that the volunteer force tradition is still alive over there :3
Abolition?
@@unifiedhorizons2663 Basically, they are either getting rid of or ignoring that portion of the law requiring permission.
@@Sinyao that’s pretty based
@@unifiedhorizons2663 It's based to be cannon fodder for a war that's largely over at this point?
I don't get the criticism because foreign legions have always existed. Around 2,000 Dutch volunteers went to fight for the Boers when the British Empire invaded the Boer republics. This was due to the strong cultural connections at the time. Today, none of that matters because we're all supposed to be diverse and treat everyone equally.
"You shouldn't help Ukraine if you didn't help some other random country you've never heard of" - The Modern World
Yeah totally ignoring the fact that a lot of Westerners did go to Iraq to fight on behalf of the Kurds against ISIS
Just a way to get Nato forces into the grinder, without actually getting involved..
Cultural connections still defenitely matter tho lol, for Example when you think about it Whole of Israel is a country created by Foreign Legionaires
turns out, the motive of cultural connection still holds true today, with the Ukrainian diaspora and other Slavic peoples showing the most interest to volunteer
@@Marquinhos1901 and some went into ISIS lmao
Operation Unifier has been happening in Ukraine since I believe 2014, with mostly Canadian forces training the Ukrainian force in defense, so it would not be surprising at all to see Canadians especially ones that had been in our military go to Ukraine to fight. It also stands in line with the belief of many Canadians to help defend a friend from a bully and support them in times of need.
Canada has one of the highest population of Ukrainian people outside of ukraine
@@cayne4207 Alberta alone has the third highest number of Ukrainians in the world, only behind Ukraine and Russia themselves. Then there is Saskatchewan, and in fact all of Western Canada ...
That's what the CIA has been doing since 2014 as well.
As many as 550 Canadians have joined the defense, so many that they have formed their own battalion. Not only do many of them have Ukrainian heritage or family in the country, some will have developed personal relationship with Ukrainian soldiers in combat right now - and for those involved in Unifier, seen very recently. That would make it very hard to stand by and watch what is happening.
Since 2014, eh? So it's not a case of unmitigated Russian aggression out of nowhere?
Today, one brazilian volunteer survivor said that the russians striked a foreign legion base with over more than 10 missiles. Acording to him, at least 150+ fighters died. He said that even south korean SOF soldiers were operating in that area, and now they are all dead. This happened close to polish border.
Well done!
@Normie meme Imagine calling russians "a competent military"
@@redlinegunzerker5290 yeah, lets not do that since there was a yt vid that said their logistics has failed
@@meltdown4126 lets assume only info I have is from yt vid, sure
@@kotemura9090 tf bro?!?
According to an article in India Today, an Indian student named Sai (studying in Ukraine, originally from Tamil Nadu) joined a group of Georgian volunteers, known as the Georgian National Legion.
Edit: the one Hilbert mentioned near the end of the video.
Yeah before the international legion. Every voulenteer had to join the Georgian legion. And even today many non Georgians and non Ukrainians are in the Georgian legion. And their commander Mamuka Mamulashvili is a total badass, he has been fightin from when he was 14.
@@igorlegostayev1447 give me some copium igor
@@wierdo-jc7xv Is it like the French Foreign legion where you have to know the country’s tongue
@@oscarosullivan4513 no you dont have to know the language. Many who are in the Georgian legion dont even speak Ukrainian.
@@igorlegostayev1447 ukrenian Nazi?? The president is a Jew
Commander of "Georgian National Legion" (operating in Ukraine since 2014) Mamuka Mamulashvili said that he received 300 application in this days. Georgian Legion already consists of approximately 100 fighters.
Hope to see Georgia some day against Ireland, England, France, Scotland, Wales and Italy
@@oscarosullivan4513 I did. They played well! Good thing I increase my industry faster than consumers.
We are forever grateful to our Georgian brothers!
@@AlexA-eg7gz As we are grateful of our Ukrainian brothers.
That is great to hear.
it’s really awkward for Japan because Japan for a while has been trying really hard to get along with and even possibly be allies with Russia, for example in G7 meetings they were before really reluctant to sanction Russia at all. But now that this has happened they can’t really be reluctant now
Not really, Japan has been apprehensive about Russia's growing ties with an increasingly belligerent China, especially when Japan still has several maritime disputes with both countries and has very close unofficial ties with Taiwan which China has been threatening to invade for over 60 years. Having Russia suffer losses if not outright lose the war is entirely in Japan's interests as it will significantly weaken China's desire to try anything similar, hence why Japan has thrown its entire weight behind the sanctions.
@@fludblud I wouldn’t agree because it would be extremely for Japan if Russia backed china if there was any escalation. So it would be extremely useful for Japan if at least, Russia stayed neutral in any affairs. And there has been for a long time talks about linking Japan to mainland Asia through Sakhalin and then into mainland Russia. And there’s also the case of Japan not wanting to rely on America. And Japan has very close ties with countries that also have solid ties with Russia, like India and Vietnam. So if anything “throwing it’s entire weight behind the sanctions” would honestly do more harm than good for Japan. And I don’t think they’ve thrown their full weight onto it. In the past whenever Russia was sanctioned by G7, Japans actions were always minimal at most. Even in cases like the Salisbury attack in the uk. That’s my take on the whole thing
My brother has been fighting with the Ukraine foreign legion for the past week or so and is due home today. Haven't heard from him in over a day so today is a bit of a stressful one.
May he and every other volunteer make it back to their families.
@Ryan Ridenhour until the end of the war
I hope he is ok , it's war there I been 2 times now 3rd , and if some action is happening or if they think that enemy will try something sometimes network is down . I sometimes hadn't have a chance or bcz every single free min I used for rest ,so my family didn't know anything for weeks.
My brother made it back in the end. Going as a volunteer means you can leave whenever you want. My brother had planned to stay for the whole thing, but he said by like a week in it was just dead bodies in every single street and nothing but missiles falling from the sky. He sent me pictures of the destruction and all the mass burial sites whilst he was there and it was worse than you could possibly imagine.
I now pray that it ends soon and all the other soldiers can see their families too
@@ManicCastle that unfortunately putins tatitic ,I feel that 2014-15 as 🇭🇷 foreign volunteer in Ukraine special unit and now my friends are in Mariopol ( 400k people population) which is surrounded , and they just bombing all city ( not even allow to evacuate civilians) . So I must go again I hope to Harkiv or in some unit to help city of Mariupol.
As kid I seen all hell that war brings in the 90this same war in ex yugoslavia ( but no so many cameras) ,and after army working as PMC in afgan, Iraq, Sudan, Mexico, Syria as close protection security ... That's way Ukraine needs good anti aircraft/ rocket systems , like S 300 to stop those airplanes and rockets whit cluster or vakum bombs .... But if putin wants Ukraine each m of street unfortunately his soldiers will pay whit they lives
PS I'm glad your bro is okay and thank him for help
The day before yesterday, the Russians destroyed 200 mercenaries from the foreign legion, striking with 7 cruise missiles. We are waiting for more cannon fodder to visit Ukraine. The dead don't need money. All the best, carrion.
In many ways, Ukraine’s International Legion revives the legacy of the International Brigades, the much-romanticized volunteer formations fighting for the Republican Government during the Spanish Civil War in July 17, 1936 - April 1, 1939
The legion is expected to be part of the country’s Territorial Defense Force, a newly established branch of the Armed Forces. The legion will start with two newly formed battalions.
It reminds me more of the volunteers for the Winter War where thousands helped Finland fight off Russia's invasion over security concerns.
@@TheNinjaDC I don't think that foreign volunteers to Finland were used in combat roles. I think the finns used them in non-combat roles such as driving ambulances
@@TheNinjaDC My grandfather was one of those volunteers who fought in both The Winter War and The Continuation War. The finnish consulate here in Gothenburg honored him with a finnish flag at his funeral.
@@daveanderson3805 not quite true. While that was official policy, people with military experience where allowed to go to the front to, and alot did
@@daveanderson3805 My grandfather first acted as a trainer for the finnish troops. Later he fought just north of Lake Ladoga in The Continuation War. He told me that one time he was surrounded and he had to fight in close quarters with a knife.
One of the long-term perks of this international volunteer brigade serving alongside the Ukrainian army is that ukrainians are going to develop many foreign connections which will be useful for rebuilding and expanding their economy after the war concludes
@scum why do you believe that the international brigade is going to make half of Ukraine Russian
@scum How is that going for them? They were going to take Kiyv in a couple of days and the whole nation in a week.
No plan survives contact with the enemy, and Ukraine will not be possible to hold now her people have had a taste of freedom.
@@phillee2814 you don't even know what their actual plan is/was
@@Whatever-nd1mk Running out of fuel and food with rotten tyres bursting was clearly vital to their plans then?
No, they accidentally leaked their intentions with the prepared broadcast going ahead and having to be retracted, which just might be a very little clue to those who can be bothered to watch.
@@Whatever-nd1mk Clearly their plan has failed lmfao
Looks like that foreign legion isn't doing so well. They're basically being used as a forlorn hope; minus the 2nd wave. I read that a guy went 1 v 1 against a BTR/ BMP armed with only a rifle only to just get destroyed.
The dude was turned into a red mist
I fought in South Vietnam and in many other parts of the world.
I am seriously considering volunteering my military expertise to assist in the Ukrainian fight for freedom.
If you have kids and family do not go die in a foreign war, NATO is only using Ukraine anyways
When you go, consider what to bring. Thus far they fight quite conventional. But consider bringing a lot of tech, like remote camera's, hidden mikes in awesome hotel conference rooms, Russian officers might use, movement detection lights, small camera drones (with infra red camera) etc. Consider what more simple modern tech might help a lot.
you won't be fighting insurgents or guerillas, bud. You'll probably get blown to pieces from artillery and never even see it. That kind of war is not glamorous at all. "In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason" -Hemmingway
You lost north vietnam 🇻🇳 is the best
Why are you telling the internet that you are thinking?? Grow a set of balls and do it
As an Ukrainian American I’m about to apply for my passport to go and fight! I have medical experience!
Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
We all support you
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Good luck man
When you go, consider what to bring, or tip those who go. Thus far they fight quite conventional. But consider bringing a lot of tech, like remote camera's, hidden mikes in awesome hotel conference rooms, Russian officers might use, movement detection floodlights for city combat, small camera drones (with infra red camera) etc. Consider what more simple modern tech might help, especially when on the defense.
Good luck. Get others to join you too.
I was legitimately considering enlisting as a foreigner (from Canada). My ancestors left to escape Russian expansion around the start of WW1 and now I'm seeing basically everything that happened in my great grandparents stories happening again. It just doesn't seem real.
Can totally relate to you, it is heartbreaking.
russian expansion during ww1 - everyone was expanding around ww2 and that was a far better russia than the one we have today -
@@sephiroaone-of-nine101 Do not see your point, Russia was and still is a pseudo-colonial power and its expansion into non-Russian lands, mean death, occupation and oppression of the natives of that land.
I also am In Canada and along with about 20 to 40 people have applied to the Ukrainian embassy. That is the proper way to apply and then you can join the foreign legion and be placed in the right place your needed. Also you'll have paperwork to show your enlisted by the Ukrainian army and hopefully if anything happens it will give you a little more help than just being considered a freedom fighter or mercenary by russia
And there's plenty more stories like yours, hence why Canada has so many heading off to show Russia what Germany learned twice: Don't fuck with the leaf, as it has sharp edges and CAN mess you up.
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Russia: doesn't sign the Treaty on Mercenaries
Also Russia: warns foreigners not to go fight or they won't be treated as POWs
Also Russia: shoots non-Ukrainian soldiers
Reddit battalion: surprised Pikachu face
I’d like to know more about stories like that
@@comandanteraiko9498 Imageboards usually have a lot about stuff like that. A lot of Redditors are losing heart not just from shelling and poor supplies, but there are also reports that if you surrender and are found with a foreign passport you'll be shot on the spot. And if the Ukrainians catch you trying to leave they'll cut up your passport and send you back to the front.
The fascist Russians also shoot children, pregnant women, unarmed citizens and elderly. Your point being what, exactly?
On the other side Russia (which has been supporting the Assad's regime in the Syrian Civil War) is now reportedly recruiting Syrians to fight in Ukraine, supposedly specifically looking for recruits with experience in urban combat.
I wonder how they're going to be treated when captured.
Well there were syrians in Nagorno so it's pretty good recruitment grounds.
@@peterkratoska4524 not too niclely and the same goes to pro-Ukraine volunteers especially when they come from non Western background
There are Syrians and Serbs fighting for the Russians. There have been volunteers on both sides since 2014. Though moreso on the Ukrainian side.
Maybe Turkey will start sending in the Idlib rebels they used to beat Haftar in Libya to Ukraine for a little revenge.
There are even Thais volunteering to fight for Ukraine. I'm proud of my countrymen!! Most of these men are democracy activists and ex-conscript who hoped to used their military training or experience resisting the riot police in the fight. Our government had taken a neutral stance on the conflict considering that Thailand is friends with Russia and recognise Crimea as part of Ukraine.
Full respect to your countrymen as far as I know its a little over 2,000 men some with special forces experience which will come in hand .
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Should be arrested and put in jail. Fighting a foreign countries war.
@@RM668 these brave people are going to stop a world war putin has just done exactly what Hitler done , unlike Hitler putin has met with severe resistance instead of rolling across Europe which was his plan .I don't know which country your in but at a guess I reckon its india which has close ties with putin ,you should be glad this has happened because intelligence says that the Chinese are horrified at how fast the world reacted so the invasion of Taiwan and India has been put off for now .
I was amazed to see the Thai flag pop up at the beginning with 2000 soldiers listed with no comment about it in the video
There's actually a long tradition of Americans serving in foreign wars. Look at some American volunteers in WW1 and 2 prior to an American declaration of war. The Flying Tigers, for example.
Also British colonists and British soldiers cut off/left behinds in SE Asia, India, Burma, Malaysia who chose to keep fighting than surrender as per official orders.
I think you need to make an update on this topic. Yesterday 7 missiles hit the base where Foreign Legion was forming. It was in Lviv region, very far from frontline. 35 volunteers died, 135 injured, some of them appeared just few hours before and only braged in twitter about it. The ones who survived left Ukrain immediately, now formation of Foreign Legion is postponed.
Finnish volunteers have signed up and went to Ukraine to fight on the Ukrainan side. Its been reported in Finnish newspapers.
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If the Legion can organise a battalion/regiment of english speakers with light infantry or special operations experience, they could be terrifyingly effective at harassing and raiding the Russians flanks and rear lines.
They'll also need up-to-date weapons, experienced NCOs and officers, accurate intelligence, logistical support, rations,ammo, etc. I'm not saying don't go, but moulding even experienced ex-military volunteers into an effective fighting unit is going to take time and training.
@@dirremoire That and the ability to speak/read Ukrainian or Russian. Communication will be a big hurdle for those foreign fighters to overcome.
@@MarkyMarkWalberg Ok buddy. You do realise the moment a nuke is launched, ALL the nukes are sent up? Yeah, that's why he isn't listening to "usual" Russians like you.
@@caad5258 hence why I originally specified english speakers. The majority of combat experience ex special operations and light infantry volunteers will likely come from english speaking countries like USA, Canada, and UK, along with Nato alligned countries with large numbers of English speakers such as Sweden Germany and France. It would be easiest to integrate a unit speaking a single common language, commanded or liaising with english speaking Ukrainian officers.
@@MarkyMarkWalberg Lunatics, should be isolated!!! Welcome to Iron Curtain!!! Enjoy!!!
Funny, I can't seem to recall the formation of the Syrian Foreign Legion, or the Yemeni Foreign Legion, or the Libyan Foreign Legion, or the Iraqi Foreign Legion, or the Afghani Foreign Legion, or a billion other Foreign Legions. Usually they're just called extremists, terrorists, militias, etc.
Bro you don’t get it. Le epic Reddit battalion is fighting for our democratic values!
The UFL are probably called that in russia lol
@@yoboyfargoth1208 Lols
@@wasweiich3459 I really, truly, genuinely hope you're not arguing human lives are worth more when they're similar to yours. I thought this whole upheaval was because a country is being unjustly and wrongfully invaded and innocent people are being killed. Are you telling me they're worth giving a shit about because they're democratic and European? Seriously?
@@wasweiich3459 ah yes, the usual self-interest. "Who gives a fuck about peaceful educated normal people in those areas with their children and pets, may they be destroyed, it doesn't matter, it's not a threat to us". And here I thought this was about human life, turns out it's just about the possibility "your" life and comfort might be threatened.
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I know of several combat vets in the US that are leaving to help the Ukrainians…I still might go myself, I’m working out the finances to keep my family taken care of in order to do this.
I'm a veteran of the Vietnam War 1971, USMC, I would go but I'm too damn old.
not sure what they would allow you to take i highly doubt they would let you bring all your own weapons' even though i have everything under the sun and lots of rounds to boot
Dude don’t go and waste your life on others war, better to just take care of your family and avoid their grievance on your death if you went. Just live your life with your family and be happy. If I have to fight, I rather do it for my family and country and not involve myself on a foreign soil that has no connection with me or my family, it’s just a waste of life.
@@sernwuub4014 agreed
It's such a wholesome experience in seeing our veterans willingly join up with Ukrainian forces to help defend their country when they're asking nothing out of it. Having Iraq/Afghanistan veteran friends in pretty much all my life, the discontent has always been real in the way those theaters turned into after they been discharged. And here's Russia literally invading a sovereign country for wanting to have a future that is free from Russia's corrupted influence. It gives these vets actual meaning to participate in a war where there's an obvious evil. And that it's not in a country baked in a total sectarian civil war for a goddam change.
This is certainly a good fight for a good reason. Ukraine went through this with the Nazis and now Putin.
@N Fels ahahaha, such a pile of BS you've wrote
@@v.thelastboyscout2822 lol Right? Jesus h....
Or.. Or.. OR instead of going put looking for blood they can fix our fucking country that is in shambles and exploited by an ever increasingly invasive and divisive government. Always looking for a fight, but never the right one. 🙄
@N Fels almost 2 years since Trump left office yet TDS is still a thing.
Things are not improving here in the US. The highest inflation in years, gas prices going up, the southern border crisis.
Organize into units that speak the same language, ideally from the same country with those who had prior NCO of officer experience being squad leader with a ukranian commander who speaks the language. This way you keep the national mindset and cohesive tactics at a squad, platoon, battalion level depending on how many can fill these roles.
I mean if its the US we kinda just make shit up on the fly
@@williampagonis8124 exactly, make up shit on the fly... together!
Didn't the foriegn legion training base get cruise missiled into oblivion last night? Each to their own but I certainly would not want to enlist in a foreign legion fighting for one kleptocrat being invaded by another. Certainly not if the enemy has air superiority. Best of luck out there but oof. I think some people are in for a shock. You anit gonna be liberating conquered cities, you'll be lucky to be given good equipment and not just stuck in a frontline foxhole.
Been reading some stuff on reddit that to amounts to that. But then again, reddit innit.
but the russians only have air superiority on paper not in practice. their airforce is getting its ass kicked thanks to the donated anti air weapons from the west, weapons the russian military have not trained their pilots in dealing with and so they are basically throwing away lives and more importantly expensive jets that they do not have the money to replace. even if russia manages to take Ukrainian cities they will be dealing with guerilla warfare backed by the western world for years to come until inevitably they will be forced to fall back to their own borders. its not a matter of if Ukraine will when but when and under what circumstances
I must note that you wont see high numbers of Israelis in the legion as expected because most of the Israelis that did join the war rather went to join millitias from their home cities which they lived in before they migrated to Israel.
but can they do that? if they don't have ukrainian citizenship that is
@@chillyisdead many jews have grandparents who were born in Ukraine and eventually fled to Israel,so fighting for their grandparents homeland i guess
@@chillyisdead the most israeli thing is to keep 2\3 cityzenships at the same time
And Zelensky is Jewish
So most Israelis are in Israeli troops in Ukraine?
Maybe you’ll mention this, I’m just starting the video but mercenaries have been a thing forever. Men who like to fight have always traveled to where wars are being fought. King Harald Hardrada of Norway who died in 1066 trying to conquer England was a mercenary for many years. Many countries look the other way as long as you’re not fighting against your home country or their allies. (I know mercenary has a negative connotation but I just mean someone who fights for a foreign nation)
These are not mercenaries, mercenaries fight for money.
Harold Hardrada took refuge Ukraine, where he rose through the ranks before becoming a commander of the Varangian Guard, the elite forces if the Byzantine Empire. Eventually he returned to Norway, and seized power.
I think that as the centuries go by, the use of mercenaries decline as militaries become increasingly organized and the need for loyal, well trained units means that hiring mercenaries were too risky. When we were taught this stuff, the case study my country's military liked to use was Venice and its over reliance on mercs, which while helpful in the short term, ended up being a contributing factor in its decline.
@@shotnothing3419 Mercs are still used heavily in the middle east and Africa with pretty high success rates tbf
@@fatsammy5270 all these people will be getting paid. Most militaries have been paying their soldiers for millennia
Better change it to "What was..." Lmfao
Lmao
Can somebody give context?
2 years later and they are still fighting for the freedom of Ukraine.
Russians just blew up mercenaries training center in Javorovski - 180 mercenaries killed. Source Telegram Z. There is a video of a mercenary running and crying after missile barrage.
Lol nice russian propaganda there, only 23 people died and the rest are fine and in full fighting conditions. There are videos of Russian soldiers crying and being burned into crisps all over ukraine lol.
@@tvshowmemes-jt8eb Well anyone can see for them selves on Telegram. Just join channel Z. Well no need to be angry i was just pointing out the video, where mercenaries understood where they arrived will not be a romantic trip. Missile barrage is one thing that disperses the romance real quick.
@@tvshowmemes-jt8eb You can deny that the sky is blue, because that is just propaganda...
I'm from Canada and love this. We as free people should be able to choose whether we wish to fight or not, especially when it comes to helping a Country remain FREE. Though I see problems arising from this. Some mentioned in the video but further more a very important part of war is communication. With all the different languages spoken I can see a massive communication brake down that has a potential of costing lives. That would have to be mitigated.
Pretty much every Ukrainian under the age of about 30 speaks decent English, so that is already mitigated.
Yeah the US also already does this allowing foreigners to join the ranks of the United States military and they will teach you to speak English so you can carry out your assigned tasks while enlisted so I'd imagine the Ukrainian government does this similar thing
I heard this morning that there's so many Canadian volunteers in the legion, they put them into a combined battalion.
@@humansvd3269 And Trudeau will undoubtedly be voted out at the next election, which is what freedom means.
He does not have the power to delay that election or refuse to accept its outcome, as the decision of the population is sovereign. Try to resist it and the RCMP would just arrest him.
Yet you claim that there are nazis led by a Jewish president in Ukraine.
I don't like to risk my own sanity by trying to understand the mental gymnastics you must be going through to assert all of this, if you actually believe it, but I would advise you to seek urgent help from a psychiatric professional over your delusional outbursts.
2 problems: #1 it may contravene the Canadian Foreign Enlistment Act #2 if you are captured, you might well get a summary execution as a mercenary / foreign national (you can't appeal an execution)
The foreign support is unprecedented. My cousin who is special forces serving the US is in Ukraine voluntarily right now. He is a counter terrorism specialist. I don't even know what division he serves, but he has been all over the world, now somewhere in Ukraine. I am Canadian
Special Forces? Anti-Terrorist Specialist? Secretive Employment? if you're lying to the internet i'll be sad but if you're serious he may be part of the very secretive JTF2, Canada's premier counter terrorist force and known for being real secretive.
Oh I afraid of your cousin.
@@itshunni8346 my cousins American I'm Canadian lol but yea I heard from him and he is near Kyiv
@@itshunni8346 He is lying. If he really were SF, he wouldn't even know about it.
@@michaellim4165 Not all special forces groups hide, very few in fact are required to hide, especially in the United States. Marine MARSOC and recon, Green Berets, Navy Seals, Army Rangers. thats not even all the units that can freely tell others they're special forces. Delta is shady about who's in it and there is probably some shadowy groups we don't even know about but this isn't like my country where no one knows who's in the JTF.
I was there in two fifteen as a voulonteer, and im Croatian. There was quite a few fighters not having ukrainian ties whatsoever even back then
In Croatia you can fight in foreignt armies as long as it is an official army unit and not some paramilitary squads or millitias etc. In this case AZOV for example was a no no untill they were officially recognized as a part of ukrainian army
There will always be brave men willing to go fight somebody else's war in the name of freedom
I’m just waiting for the Czechoslovak Legion to come back and finish what they started one hundred years ago.
They fought on the side of Russia.
@@Fuhrerjehova They fought on the side of Russia, against Russia. They betrayed the White Movement and they were In a state of total war against the Reds. They fought against all sides In the end.
@@kungbengt1393 They held no values in Russia and only caused chaos in a nation already in ruin. The Czech Legion should have been branded as traitors and executed by both sides.
@@kungbengt1393 During the civil war it seems like they mostly just wanted to go home.
They got their statehood by impressing the entente so its already finished.
400-500 people from Sweden apparently according to Svenska Dagbladet are said to have interest in signing up to join the volunteer legion and sign up as of now.
The first volunteers have by now already left for Ukraine.
Need proof my guy, can’t say thing
About 30-50 people from lithuania have signed up as well from what I've heard but it's from discord so I'm not sure if it's legit
@@windex7934 I changed the text but the site itself that mention that there are hundreds of people in Sweden interested in signing up and are signing up is very reliable but it’s in Swedish I’m afraid.
I can link it for you either way if you want?
@Adepus take a good look at your join date
Slava Ukraini! Glory to the heroes!
there already 500 Canadians in Kyiv proud of my fellow citizens ! the Ukrainian have so many canadians they made a unit just for them! victory for Ukraine !
Im a Ukrainian working for the foreign legion operations in Lviv.
So far the Ukrainian government itself did not complete all the paperwork so the legionaries cannot have legal firerarms purchased or issued by Ukrainian military.
Althought we do alot of training for the local territorial defense to make them capable to shred the Russian conscripts pretty soon.
Consider what you ask them to bring. Thus far they fight quite conventional. But consider asking them to bring a lot of (small) tech, like remote camera's, hidden mikes in awesome conference rooms Russian officers might claim for themselves, movement detection lights, small camera drones (with infra red camera) etc. Consider what more simple modern tech might help a lot.
What can we do to help? Guerrilla tactics, medical aid, intelligence and surveillance, disabling or reusing military vehicles?
@@KootFloris That stuff is not what we need for war. We need body armor, IFAKS and night vision.
@@Thaidory You need both, all of that. I just saw how certain drones make all the differences in guiding artillery for Ukrainian side in one place. And city fights with little camera's, hidden microphones can tell you where enemies are without any risk of life. They can give an edge and or spare lives.
@Buddy Rojek Modern wars: rule 1: don't flock your troops! One boom and gone. rule 2: fighters everywhere means Russia can't operate on a clear front with their tank power. They must leave troops everywhere they pass. Troops with low morale. Like that'll be a success. 3. Troops where different uniforms, that's why we have uniforms, remember, but yes, mistakes will be made. And unlike in games, in reality is friendly fire a big killer.
I think it was a smart move by the Ukrainians to do this and do it early. It lends credibility and a chain of command to the whole concept, making it easier for the volunteers to get involved while also making the Ukrainian government appear that much more sober, legitimate, and competent. There hasn't been a more sympathetic cause in such an interconnected world for a long time. Some people aren't pacifists but find their own nation's militaries aren't really what they want to be a part of in the abstract. Though the Russians make threats - what else is new - they will have a hard time defending mistreatment of prisoners otherwise following the rules of war. I can think of few things more likely to encourage a non-belligerent government to become belligerent than the confirmation of the mistreatment of their citizens going to fight for a friendly nation under attack. The Russian government has already lost all claims to any morality and such incitement may be all it takes for at least some countries to begin direct hostilities.
Its not a treat but the volonters are kinda mercenaries, and as such do not have any rights under geneva convention and i say good ridance, a lot of those volontiers are nazis like croatian ustašas, so they dont realy even deserve any mercy
@@milosevicmihajlo499 Mercenaries are those who fight for foreign governments (or wannabe governments) for pay, not those who join their regular forces to fight against state-sponsored terrorism led by a crime-lord dictator from a sense of justice. If they were mercenaries, Putin could offer them more money and they would be flocking to his meatgrinder, but I don't see many who have - in fact it seems quite a few of the ex-Russian conscripts have not just surrendered but changed sides, having been lied to about "routine manoeuvres" or "exercises" and not being told they were being sent to invade and slaughter fellow slavs.
Honestly I wish NATO played the Russians at their own game and have serving troops “leave” (wink wink) their respective armies, while maintaining their structure.
Then announce “NATO pledges more equipment” and send them fully equipped under the guise that they picked up the equipment while in Ukraine.
We have to ask is it? I think that how the USA secretly intervened in Ukraine, (arming far right militias, supporting the protest to chase away the pro-Russian president) pushing Putin to invade, should be punished as harshly, as the economic sanctions on Russia. The danger is indeed that many fight for a bombarded people, but end up helping US businesses to access oil and gas in the Ukraine. Or that they escalate the thing out of control. I think Zelensky is a bit too panicky and quick to ask for this help. And the USA framed themselves a bit too smart as the good guys. The world believes it, as they believed the Weapons of Mass Destruction lie about Iraq. And their corporates and hawks keep pushing, for more and more influence, creating disasters and wars where ever they meet opposition. Putin went too far. He might explode us all. The US agitators also need to be restricted before they all drag us down for their profits.
Gives cover for SAS, SEAL and Delta to “ volunteer”.
I think there's a big difference in precedent when internationally recruiting for self defence compared to invading another country.
Quite frankly, if a government is the clear aggressor in a conflict, they have no leg to stand on.
Thats right, they dont. But they have nuclear weapons wich are basically a cheat for us to at least listen. Stupid nukes.
@@d.esanchez3351 NATO has nukes too. Russia might need a reminder.
Yeah but Russia has their own spiel about they were “provoked” or that Ukrainian’s fighting Russian insurrectionists in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions is the equivalent to a genocide. “Liberating” Ukraine from a “western puppet government.”
@@White_Recluse they literally do LOL
Aggressor is subjective as is the concept of good or bad. What is just in one is certainty not just in another and visa versa. Therefore, the cycle goes on.
Hilbert just to get your opinion on this take:
2014 coupe d'etat is being launched with the backing of the EU and America which sees the government being ousted. Which as outside powers were involved could be explained as a hostile take over and aggression. As a direct effect of this coup pro Russian rebels who don't identify with those that just kicked out Yanukovych launch separation from the newly formed government. This is a war which has seen several powers behind the scene supporting both sides in the unconventional warfare we see mostly today. Russia in my eyes basically joined the war on behalf of the pro Russian separatists and its merely a bigger escalation of a war that has existed for over nearly a decade. The main difference now being that Russia has taken over as the leader of the war and has sent in its army.
Statement: it isn't a new conflict or war, it's an escalated continuation of a war that's been going on for quite some time.
I see Ukrainian civilians as the victims of high stake poker between the EU, Nato and America & Russia. The western side wanted to get the krim badly and the industry, getting Ukraine out of Russia's sphere of influence at all cost. And for that reason the streets are now running red with blood.
Opinion by a fellow Dutchman.
Good take, but there's another angle, which is why all the politicians and media are so gung ho in the US to fight Russia, even though the public sentiment isn't there. Ukraine was also being used by certain US politicians for money laundering purposes. Joe Biden's son Hunter was on the board for Burisma, other notables who had folks in Ukraine were John Kerry (son also on the Burisma board), Nancy Pelosi (relative on the board of another Ukrainian energy company) and Mitch Mcconnell, who was at least smart enough to not use a blood relative but instead a "consultant". That's just the ones we now about, wouldn't be surprised if there's more. These are all establishment big gov politicians, the left/right divide for them is just theater. Please note that Trump was impeached after trying to investigate Biden's open corruption with Burisma.
The reason you have these establishment politicians wanting to go to war with Russia, even with the threat of nuclear annihilation, is because they're afraid of proof coming to light of their misdeeds. Let me be clear, I'm not saying Putin is in any way a good guy in this, just that the current leaders of my country, the USA, are just as bad as him.
Even more the two separating parts are seen as terrorist and have been attacked over the course of year. If I where in there shoes I would be like. Finally you come and help us putin. Took long enough!
I am from Ukraine and live in Israel, your video is so accurate , it’s scary 😦 glory to Ukraine, glory to the heroes 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
In Slovakia it was said we can't go and fight in Ukraine due to it being illegal to fight in a foreign army (the guy in the charge of this is extremely pro-russian) but technically it is possible although highly difficult by directly asking the president for a permission
How are they going to know if you don't tell them?
@@sheldoniusRex i'm sure his insurance is gonna know xD
It is illegal for Slovak nationals to fight in an official foreign army, which includes the NATO armies as well, charges are 2-8 years in prison. They would need the permission of the president. However, if they join non-official groups/armies like paramilitaries etc. no need for permission is needed as this is not against the Slovak law. Just to keep in mind if they would be captured status of POW is not applying to them as they are not members of the official army. There were documented cases of Slovak nationals fighting in Ukraine on both sides and so far as I know nothing happened.
@@dilandau83 myslíte si, ked po po skončení vojny môžem ešte navštíviť Slovensko?
Chcem sa pripojiť k ukrajinskej armáde
@@MyCatsArchive Ked zistia ze si tam bol tak nemozes.. v minulosti znamy Slovak ktory bojoval na strane proruskych separatistov sa uz na Slovensko nemohol vratit, volal sa Sojka
There is a latvian man named Gundars Kalve who became famous by stealing a soviet monument artilery piece and dumping it into a river. And now he has joined the ukranian foreign legion. Florida man is getting some competition XD.
We will feed that Gundars something to the worms, rest assured )))
A hero. Nāvi okupantiem.
@@MarkyMarkWalberg im gonna feed your to my roommate(he is very hungry)
Before the US joined WW2, some active Air Force members were allowed to "retire" and join the American Volunteer Group to fly fighters against the Japanese in China and Burma(Myanmar). They were also known as the Flying Tigers. They flew the latest fighter planes and evened the odds in the skies. Its a shame no one can do something similar flying those Polish Migs...
The day before yesterday, the Russians destroyed 200 mercenaries from the foreign legion, striking with 7 cruise missiles. We are waiting for more cannon fodder to visit Ukraine. The dead don't need money. All the best, carrion.
Very interested in those other videos that you mentioned at the end. 👍
Hello Hilbert. You mentioned Belarus, but only in passing. I wondered if this was a hint at a future video on that country's standing and the possibility of war spreading there and possible consequences?
Belarus is a Russian puppet, they won't invade because they basically already own it.
I wonder
@@ravioliravioliravi The Russian regime thought the same about Ukraine pre 2014. There were reports of protests after the last elections. I wondered what happened after that and how popular the Belarus government were in light of recent events. I am old enough to remember the Romanian flags with a hole in the middle, when the world changed very quickly.
@@alansmithee8831 Belarus and its people will wait till the dust has settled I think. If Russia appears weaker things might change, if Ukraine falls they might stall.
@@fingmoron The people of Belarus probably are clueless of what is happening. They get the same stupid Russian propaganda about the Russian-speaking, Jewish President being a Nazi committing a genocide against Russian-speakers.
I doubt there is much planning right now.
This conflict has me pretty damn riled up and I have no combat experience or ability to go fight (new dad). I can only imagine what someone with combat experience and no young children would feel.
I mean, its kind of an "eh" sort of thing. On one hand if you volunteered you be fighting a clear good vs bad type war where your targets are obvious and you'd receive community support upon your return home as having gone out to fight the aggressors. However on the downside, its not like Ukraine was ever a great country to begin with in terms of its treatment of its own citizens and corruption, so fighting for that its kind of disheartening. Plus your chances of dying as a volunteer without experience are almost guaranteed since the Russians are a formal military.
Its why so many American and Commonwealth vets are signing up to fight relative to everyone else, as there's a ton of Afghan and Iraqi vets in theses nations who're still striving to fight in a genuinely meaningful war unlike what they had in the deserts. Thus they feel like they can finally have their fight here in Ukraine defending against a clear cut enemy in the conventional styles they were trained for.
@@andrewcossette6853 exactly right, I probably wouldn’t last a week, so I’ll stay home and send money instead
@@ben5056 Yeah send money to the neo-nazis that’ll help
@@andrewcossette6853 Your odds of dying in a modern day war are quite low, you seem to lack an understanding of how modern war is.
@@ben5056 , the so-called "neo-nazis" won 2% of the vote and got no seat last election in Ukraine. If you want to look at a more prevalent problem of neo nazis, look no further to the Wagner group
I have a direct family member that did their dissertation on PMCs and their usage and future necessity in warfare going forward and how we're slowly approaching a point where fighting for a nation state is going to be less of a thing and mercenary work and private militaries will be more prominent.
19 minutes video that can be summed up in 2 words...
Cannon Fodder
🧟♂🧟♂📺📺📺📺
Thanks for making these vids mate and also splitting your revenue for charities. I've just done a history of ancient Ukraine over on my channel and I'm collecting donations for the un refugee agency.
hi love you
@@PakBallandSami hello!
@Leo the Anglo-Filipino thankyou! I'll see you on the channel!
The day before yesterday, the Russians destroyed 200 mercenaries from the foreign legion, striking with 7 cruise missiles. We are waiting for more cannon fodder to visit Ukraine. The dead don't need money. All the best, carrion.
I wish that I was within the same ball park to all of those who are fighting. The guts and determination it takes to do this is otherworldly. When the Germans rearm, you've made a mistake
The otherwise German pacifist government now at 3% military budget, is going to get some attention.
They would actually do more good if they took up arms against their own corrupt governments, than to volunteer in a pointless foreign war.
I'm strongly considering going. I have combat experience and could help. However, a lot of the information I find on forums is from Call of Duty and mil-sim cosplayers. And yes, please do a vid on the Georgian Legions
Major respect to those fighting for Ukraine, Blessed Be.
The smartest use Kyiv can make of these volunteers is to leverage their training and experience in training Ukrainian trainers. Think of a bunch of Baron von Steubens.
Ukrainian military has been in war since 2014 lol they’re not inexperience. There’s literally videos of them ambushing tanks and routing entire columns.
If you don't have military, medical or rescue service training, please don't go. You may actually end up hurting people you want to help.
Otherwise, you have my full blessing and undying respect ❤️❤️
And make sure you can pay your own way! Don't be a financial burden.
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Additionally: if you have medical or rescue service, but you do not speak Ukrainian, it may be easier for you to become a volunteer in Poland, even potentially a paid volunteer with an international agency. There will be a lot of wounded people coming across the border. It will be much easier to coordinate so that you are working with people who speak the language, and you won't be under the pressure of combat situations. One of the last things you want is to go over to help and accidentally kill someone because you can't read their charts or their worn medical information (like a medical bracelet, or a patch, declaring allergies)
@@arueshalaetablebuildingsociety my father was actually asked by the Polish MoD to organize a Swedish-Polish field hospital on the Ukrainian border. It's early days but if you want to indicate interest you can reach out to me by mail at the Google email account bharbut 🙂
(I wrote it weirdly not to get flagged by the bots 😃)
@@frorencenightingale1217 Unfortunately, I am still in Post-Secondary Education, and my existing certs (Standard First Aid, CPR/AED for the Healthcare Provider) are expired. If I am able to get recertified without paying out the butt by the end of the year, I might consider going over.
It’s so weird to see this. I’m Mexican-American and joined the Ukrainian Army back in late 2019/20 and now this legion finally pops up and seeing other Foreigners every now and then.
You didn't mention the interesting case of the many Croatian volunteers on the ukrainian side and Serbians on the Russian side, paralleling the Yugoslavian wars? They have been fighting in Ukraine since 2014.
A nice video, but you didn't even mention Belarusians and Croatians, who are most prominent and most willing to fight. The very first battalion of this legion is composed entirely of Belarusians.
And it would be better to mention who exactly are fighting for Ukraine from Chechen side and their story: Johar Dudayev battalion and Duke Mansur's battalion.
Belarusians WERE mentioned. Look again.
Don't worry bro we didn't came to help Ukraine 2014 bcz fame but bcz we had same experience in the 90this, and now lot more if us is coming ......but putins the government did not forget, so in Russia the Croatian military attache should have received a protest note from the Russian, which he refused to receive. Well, at least we are the first country that Putin remembered 😁
SLAVA UKRAIN, ZDS
As a French lawyer, I wanted to add something : It's theoritically completely illegal for a French citizen not to enroll in a foreign army but, "to fight in an armed country or for a state involved in an armed country". It's called the mercenary law and it's punishible up to 5 years of jail. Ask the most infamous French soldier of fortune, Bob Denard about that.
But guess what ? It's double standard, because I'm sure that if a French person enrolls in the Foreign Ukrainian Army and comes back alive, he won't face any legal problem, but if the same person enrolls in the Russian army, I'm pretty sure, as a Law professor at the French univeristy that he will be prosecuted by the French authorities. As I told you, double standard, especially when 5 years ago, I defended the case of an asylum seeker from Yemen, no one cared back there about this war. No media coverage, no protests, no humanitarian funds for them. And still not, even today.
That's because they are geopolitically, economically, and most importantly strategically irrelevant to a majority of the planet. If you feel that your government isn't doing enough for those people start your own non profit, pressure your government for capital, raise funds and spread awareness, I mean with your profession you could go about looking into actual legal help of such a position, but I'm going to assume you will do nothing about it but comment on it and move on, proving exactly why governments do the same.
The Ukrainians are in the in group unlike the Yemeni. People see what is happening in Ukraine and it is showing them it could happen here. Most European people don't think of the middle east as here. Time to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia. There is also far more coverage on invasions as opposed to civil wars.
It’s because Geography.
Not really happy about the US’s complacency in helping facilitate Yemen’s crisis either however.
@@Erreul that's completely untrue. The reason why the regional powers are so interested in Yemen is its extremely strategic location where most of the global shipping passes
@@Erreul To be fair she did say she's defended Yemeni refugees.
All I can say is that I think it's a bad idea, mostly for those who are going with a poor understanding. A case in point is many Americans who've recently gone over. They had military experience from the Global War on Terror and decided to join the Ukrainian side. However, upon arrival, they've been hard hit by Russian missiles and artillery, and they've quickly realized that this is not like the war they fought against poorly armed and trained insurgents in Afghanistan. Some have lost up to 50% of their groups, and have wanted to return to the US. However, as they've essentially enlisted in the Ukrainian armed forces, they're now bound to those contracts. Some have reported being shot at by Ukrainians as they essentially deserted, and those who have reached the border have said their passports have been cut up by the border guards and they've been shipped back to the front lines. They've reported that on some occasions volunteers have been sent to the front with no body armor, very little ammunition, and with little coordination.
So I think people really need to think long and hard about this. It's not like any war western nations have fought since Vietnam. The Russians are not nearly as inept, ill-equipped, or as unmotivated as a lot of the propaganda has suggested.
I'd very much like to learn about the Georgian and Belarusian legions. It would be hard to imagine Georgians not trying to help with Ukraine's battles, and there's little to no news about any Belarusian resistance.
I hope that you can update this story later on... I am fighting off the urge to go myself... But being a 🇺🇸 Navy Veteran, and also a member of the V.F.W. ... This means I have to obey my Commander & Chief... It hurts me inside not to be able to help the poor citizens of Ukraine 🇺🇦... I am going to be 62 on the 10th March 2022... 9 yr I have been a lonely widower... To see little girls murdered and old ladies that are all by them selves with nothing but kitty cat to comfort them... Tears minny of them I shed all ready...
thank you for your service o7
Lawrence, I thank you as a Ukrainian for you willingness to help us. Do not worry that you are saying at home. I believe we can win due to the amount of help we are getting.
The day before yesterday, the Russians destroyed 200 mercenaries from the foreign legion, striking with 7 cruise missiles. We are waiting for more cannon fodder to visit Ukraine. The dead don't need money. All the best, carrion.
@@Alexandr1233211 Foreign legion doesn't pay money, how are they mercenaries?
@@JustAsPlanned1 Dont be a clinical idiot. They all going to ukaine for money.
The Isreali volunteers have all done military training as well, so are likely to be very formidable
Israeli military firearms are different though than Ukrainian military firearms. There will be a period of acclimatization. ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️.
@@John77Doe Nah. It doesn’t take long.
@@mamavswild Hopefully. ☹️☹️☹️☹️
While Israel often fought & captured soviet hardware through the decades , did any t-72 get captured?
Lot of experience being terrorists, and oppressive dogs.
Speaking as an American, I’m proud of any American who has volunteered to fight! Foreign Legions have existed for a long time and I think NATO should have already gotten involved. I don’t know if I would be useful but I would be willing to go myself.
The day before yesterday, the Russians destroyed 200 mercenaries from the foreign legion, striking with 7 cruise missiles. We are waiting for more cannon fodder to visit Ukraine. The dead don't need money. All the best, carrion.
@@Alexandr1233211 All Russians are used as cannon fodder lol.
No, NATO should NOT get involved directly because that means instant nuclear war. I don't know what's so hard to grasp about this concept.
8:11 "The French Foreign Legion did make a special exception" - this was just a rumor, the French Army issued a denial.
280,000 Russian soldiers spread over 9 time zones and border disputes with Finland, Baltic states, Japan and China. Plus a stalemate with Georgia, previous problems in Chechnya, generalised problems with the Caucases, and troops in Syria. Not quite so scary now
Right on point Rich Tea.
I've heard the total Russian numbers repeated again and again in media and on the internet in general, however when considering Russia's geopolitical situation and security needs, we will likely not see substantially higher numbers, than those we see right now, fielded in the conflict for some time.
The mainstream narrative being presented is increasingly treating this as if we are seeing that full force being feilded. But the truth is as you say - for the moment Russia is actually streched thin.
Problems with Chechnya? First I’ve heard of it since they got annexed. What’s up with it? I thought they were contributing troops to the invasion soon too.
It’s a good time for Finland and Japan to take back territory taken from them by the Soviets.
No thank you. What was once Finnish soil has been totally russified and ruined. I would only take it back with all the population gone, and even then, it would be a slice of third world spliced into the side of a nice and clean country.
They took it, they broke it, now enjoy it.
Hope is not a strategy
The fact that a war like this hasn’t happened in Europe since the 1940s makes this kind of fascinating.
Balkan wars
european wars have happened a lot since the ww2
@@nicolaszenho6320 I mean maybe he's gesturing towards, major wars i.e WW2, which involves 2 or more great powers duking it out in an all-out war scenario. Which certainly hasn't happened for 70 years now.
@@l-b01josefandres44 Ukraine is not a great power, so no.
@@MapShiba Poland wasn't a great power either
It's no more of a threat than existing soldiers & ex servicemen doing that and most volunteers already have military or police (or both as lots of police are ex soldiers) background.
And now by a few missile bois the entire Foreign Legion got REKT and the few survivors fled back to Poland to grab a plane back to their homelands.
You're only a mercenary if you're fighting for pay. But I realize that distinction probably won't be respected by the Russians.
No, not like that) if someone fights for you he's a volunteer, if against you he's a mercenary
they will fight for pay.
they are getting paid for this. its illegal not to pay soldiers, even if they're foreign volunteers
In a war time any help is a plus especially Ukrain is out number by Russia. I am happy to see many men in other countries besides Ukrainian joining the force to defeat the evils. God blessed them
The Georgia national legion was bombed a lot are dead ..... Ukraine is trying to send them to Kiev with 10 rounds and no kit......
And yet they still won lol. Gg. God bless Georgia for there sacrifice.
I'm wondering how they are going to handle the language, communication problem, with so many volunteers not being able to speak the Ukrainian language.
They are creating forming up locations where they will put people into units with the same language.
@@woerkntwerk5245 Thank you! Interesting.
Did you take into account that many who join the "Ukrainian foreign legion" and survive the war won´t return to their countries of origin but remain in Ukraine and begin a new life there?
Honestly, I've been considering going. It's very hard for me as someone who attempted to join the armed force but had to dtop due to an injury.
I signed up to help people and standing by, powerless is painful to the bone.
Despite not making it through. I have relevant experience, knowledge and ability the temptation still exists.
We'll see.
Same boat with you dude but I'm just super autistic and I love guns
Doubt is good. Hilbert does ask it, but didn't answer some questions deeply enough. I think that how the USA secretly intervened in Ukraine, (arming far right militias, supporting the protest to chase away the pro-Russian president) pushing Putin to invade, should be punished as harshly, as the economic sanctions on Russia. The danger is indeed that many fight for a bombarded people, but end up helping US businesses to access oil and gas in the Ukraine. That could escalate this war out of control. I think Zelensky is a bit too panicky and quick to ask for this help. And the USA framed themselves a bit too smart as the good guys. The world believes it, as they believed the Weapons of Mass Destruction lie about Iraq. And their corporates and hawks keep pushing, for more and more influence, creating disasters and wars where ever they meet opposition. Tsar Putin went too far. He might explode us all. The US agitators also need to be restricted before they all drag us down for their profits.Like Iraq and Syria, this is an oil and gas war.
God speed if you do, if you don't, then you can always find other ways to help! You have a good heart
I feel for you Brother. In the same spot. I cannot tell you what to do, but I pray you find your way. Wether it is into battle or inner forgiveness for not going anyway. See my personal post elsewhere if you want.
@@Hispania_45 come with us then.
Quite strange u mention Georgian legion in the very end without any context. Georgian legion was the first foreign légion in Ukraine, they aid Ukrainians when Russia invaded. They are also the biggest foreign legion in Ukraine, counting over 17.000 members (now its even bigger). Those who started the Georgian legion are veterans of 2008 war in Georgia.
The Georgian Legion warranted it's own video: th-cam.com/video/i17XWWtTiXU/w-d-xo.html
Switzerland actually forbids its citizens from fighting for any other country's forces. Violation of that rule is met with three years of prison, with only the federal council's permission making you able to evade that in the first place. If you are citizen of another country, that rule obviously doesn't apply though
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There are two major differences for joining to fight for Ukraine and fight for YPG in Syria.
Ukraine is a state actor, without there even being opposition goverment. YPG is a non-state actor in a dispute with 2 different Syrian goverments( Assad regime and rebel interim goverment).
Another big factor is YPG is deeply connected with PKK, which is a designated terrorist organization internationally, not just Turkey. Ukraine ofcourse isn't designated terrorist group.
But the values they fight for are worth comparing. Rojava has a genuine aim for democracy, human rights, gender equality, egalitarianism. It's not perfect, but it's more succesful than anyone could have expected and has now a better rule of law and a better economy than both the rebel held territories, the Turkish held territories, and the Syrian government held land. It's something we should respect people wants to fight for.
For these reason I think they are very relevant to use for comparison, and the differences you mentioned just makes it more interesting to compare them.
Well, we have Azov legion which was founded guilty in some massacres of Russian POW and small russian villages on borderlands, which isn't right but since then, they were transformed into regular troups. This comes from Ukrainian liberal-falangist.
I can't support your struggle for freedom because you have been denied a country.
@@DanilPrytaliuk That would be a great argument if it hadn't been for the fact that Russia has used the nazi PMC Wagner group. And while Ukraine just has used Azov to defend their own territory, Russia has used their nazi batallions to invade other countries, including Ukraine back in 2014, and now again they're sending them to Ukraine.
Now I don't like using nazi batallions, but when you compare the two, I think it's worse using them to invade other countries, than being forced to use them to defend yourself because someone is invading your country.
The remarkable thing is that propagandists like you NEVER mention the fact that Russia is using these kinds of groups themselves. You only accuse Ukraine of doing it. Typical dishonest propaganda trolls.
@@julianshepherd2038 Good point.
I support the brave souls going to Ukraine of course, but, I support the brave souls going to Rojava even more.
In my country we celebrate, every single year, the people who fought and died for our independence from our neighbouring country. It would be hypocritical if we didn't also support the Kurds, especially when they have proven to be the most democratically minded, stable and least corrupt governments in the region.
Biji Kurdistan.
One thing about Singapore is that after conscription period is over, they are put into the reserves, so in some way you can argue joining another country's military is consider desertion.
As a Canadian, I whole heartily support my Canadian brothers and sisters coming to the Ukraine's defense.
Ukrainians make up our 11th largest ethnic group and outside of the Ukraine and Russia, Canada holds the highest amount of Ukrainian's/Ukrainian decent.
Granted it's not really talked about how since 2014 Canadian's were going over to fight.
Because despite having practical battle experience, the static nature of that frontline is where the Russians and Ukrainians alike excel, they'd wander a bit, get pinned by heavy mg fire, forced to move, right into minefields, its different now from the looks of it, but Ukraine 2014 is very different from Afgan war, all people are doing is defending, watching a long length of lines, with heavy, well hidden defensive emplacements, both sides to some degree afraid to even move openly, staying put, but that's changed there now recently
I think it would be wrong to compare what is happening in Ukraine as "civil war", it is more straightforward russian aggression, even if Ukrainians are very similar to Russians, at most we can call proxy war where russian backed separatist illegally tried to become independent within Ukraine. It is quite difficult to find comparable conflicts, because other proxy conflicts like Afghanistan, Korea and Vietnam were different in nature. Perhaps it is so because russian aggression was asymmetric at first, created situation of near civil war (fake civil war), which then blew into full scale war. In short it is simpler to simply consider this as classic war between two nations Russo-Ukrainian war, same as if it would be Winter War and Finland would create international legion to fight russia.
Personally, I don't think legal position of government matters here, if somebody is so determined to fight for the cause that they willing to die, goverment position does not matter. I personally, would like to fight in Ukraine, if not for pesky issues like life, family, work etc. which my sound lame excuses, but I can imagine there are many ex-military, war veterans, who have no family, don't fit into work, have issues adapting to civilian life and see real cause fighting for the values. As well I think many citizens of ex-soviet union, from the countries which were occupied and destroyed by soviet union (our culture destroyed) would feel the same and would understand Ukrainian struggle and cause to fight russians. To the level where many would rather die than be re-occupied by russian scum. Ohh and besides I have no military experience, so I wouldn't be very useful anyway and perhaps I am more useful fighting russian trolls in youtube comments :D or simply donating to the charities/Ukraine military monetarily.
Agreed. This would be like calling a scrap between Canada and the US a Civil War. Not even close. SMDH.
I'm conflicted honestly, On one hand I do very much like the idea of this informal world coalition to oppose a war of Russian imperialism. But on the other hand calling in or inviting foreigners to a conflict usually has awful results and makes everything more complicated as it did in the Congo wars. But for a nation that's essentially fighting for it's right to exist not using every available resource could mean death of the nation.
the real problem is the type of people who tend to volunteer for these things, though in this case I think there will be quite a few honest volunteers due to the situation.
@@speedy01247 true, lots of volunteers use the conflicts as training to get combat experience for future ideological conflicts.
Russia has over 800 military bases all around the world?
@@Star-lv1gk I will use a saying of my own country to answer:
two wrong deeds
*DO NOT MAKE*
*A GOOD ONE.*
The US having done bad stuff in the past is not a reason why we should let Russia do it now
@@riograndedosulball248 Can you tell me why the conflict in the Ukraine happened and who initiated it?
Yes! You brought up the Spanish civil war international brigades. No one has mentioned that yet which confused me and if history rhymes then we might see a NATO vs Russia war like how ww2 happened immediately after the Spanish war
And yesterday Legion was "calibrated" with russian cruise missiles. A lot of legionaries fled, running for their lives. I think that was expected to happen - no safari with free rights to shoot some civilians and poorly trained militia, just cruelty of modern conventional war. Welp, even ukranian army faced against overwhelming odds shows much more bravery and resilience.
I am impressed by the French Foreign Legion leadership's stance on allowing Ukrainian nationals to volunteer for service in Ukraine without impediment. Legia Patria Nostra!
Is that true ? I read that they were only allowed to get their families, and they have to return. Or that was the official reasoning.
Anyway, I don't want to be anywhere near the poor Russians who will face French Legionnaires.
You are a french legionnair?
They actually don't let them go in Ukraine. Look at the news and find how 14 ukrainians from the Legion were trying to go to Poland to help and they were arested. Its against the Legion's doctrine, to let everything behind and only fight for the Legion. So, if they go, its on their own risk
@@alinhatnean6783 So they are deserters and dismissed from the french foreign Legion
@@delmasjean7544 If you wanna be honest, yea, they betrayed the legionnaire creed of serving France's interests and never abandoning the Legion. The Legion is fking strict on this doctrine, look up to post ww2 when former ss officers were legionnaires in Indochina war
Yeah here in Australia it is very illegal to become a “foreign fighter”. It’s fine to join a foreign military, if Australia is not at war with them and that foreign country requires you to become a citizen and recognises dual citizens (if not you may lose your Australian citizenship status ) and provided you are not a member of the ADF as well.
However as an Australian citizen you cannot “illegally” fight overseas, those that try to return from fighting overseas (illegally according to the Australian government) are either rejected or arrested and charged under laws that were introduced to deal with individuals that went to fight for groups like ISIS. There have been a number of cases like this fairly recently.
It will be interesting to see the reaction of the Australian government if and when any citizens return from fighting with Ukraine or even Russia.
@Clorox Bleach it really wouldn’t
Shame on Australia. I suspect that those who risk persecution if they return will probably be offered Ukrainian citizenship. And Australia will be the losers.
So much for standing up for the little guy hey? Or standing up to bullies as Scomo says
The second part of what you said is wrong. Australia has citizens in the RAF, the US military, and many australian jews join the israeli military every year. None of them have lost their citizenship. I have a direct family member who has served in a foreign military and then came home to australia with no issues whatsoever. I was actually surprised to see the video get this wrong.
The act just means you cant fight for terrorist orgs or countries at war with australia (or more broadly acting against Australian interest). Thats why the PM is stating things like "we dont want you to go" instead of "it is illegal to do so".
Heres the important part of the Act governing the loss of citizenship. Note if you are just an Australian cit you are protected cause they cant make you stateless.
A further type of automatic conduct-based citizenship loss can occur pursuant to s 35, if, while outside of Australia, any dual citizen aged 14 years old or above:
a) Serves in the armed forces of a country at war with Australia
b) Fights for, or is in the service of, a ‘declared terrorist organisation’.
A different part of the criminal code states: 'It is not an offence under Part 5.5 for an Australian to join the armed forces of a foreign country."
Tl;Dr you are free to go join a formally recognized governments military if you want to and are able.
So just reapply for Australian citizenship? I mean basically you'd have Ukrainian citizenship I'd imagine for having fought for that country so you just be a Ukrainian international trying to gain back Australian citizenship
Clear, concise and well-researched. Kudos 😊
Russia saying that members of the Ukrainian Foreign Legion will not be treated as POWs would be a stark violation of the Geneva convention.
As for Denmark saying that going to Ukraine to fight not being legal: the prime minister has stated that there is nothing legally hindering Danes to go fight as part of the Ukrainian armed forces.