A Team Of American And British Special Forces Veterans Are Preparing To Join Ukraine's Fight Against

[SheltieLover]

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/american-nato-military-veterans-fight-russia-with-ukraine

KYIV — A group of 10 special operations forces veterans are staging in Poland and preparing to cross into Ukraine, where they plan to take up President Volodymyr Zelensky on his offer to “join the defense of Ukraine, Europe, and the world,” according to a US Army veteran arranging their passage.

A Team Of American And British Special Forces Veterans Are Preparing To Join Ukraine’s Fight Against Russia
The 10 NATO-trained war veterans are taking up President Volodymyr Zelensky’s offer for people to join a new unit of foreign fighters for Ukraine.

The group, composed of six US citizens, three Brits, and a German, are NATO-trained and experienced in close combat and counterterrorism. They want to be among the first to officially join the new International Legion of the Territorial Defense of Ukraine that Zelensky announced Sunday, according to text messages reviewed by BuzzFeed News. Two former American infantry officers are also making plans to come to Ukraine to provide “leadership” for the group, the Army veteran recruiter said.

As intense fighting raged in the Ukrainian capital for the fourth day and Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered nuclear deterrence forces on high alert, Zelensky urged people around the world who can help fight Moscow’s “vile tactics” to enlist in Ukraine’s armed forces.

More at link.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Could be like the Abrahm Lincoln brigade in the Spanish Civil War.

[greenjar_01]

2. Idiots

[Hoyt]

4. Opposed, unless they are going with approval of Biden admin. Not sure trigger happy mercenaries

are what anyone needs right now.

[Renew Deal]

8. Are they being paid?

I think a lot of these guys do it for entertainment. They're not Blackwater.

[Hoyt]

9. Paid or for excitement of killing, it's not the time. Maybe later.

[DemocraticPatriot]

11. Or maybe to defend a democracy against a tyrant??

[Hoyt]

12. Mercenaries won't help right now.

[DemocraticPatriot]

13. A mercenary fights for healthy amounts of money, not for a cause.

There is no indication that these men are going to receive big chunks of money, or ANY money for that matter.
Therefore, by definition they can NOT be called "mercenaries".

[Hoyt]

14. Whatever you want to call them, they need to stay home.

[gay texan]

5. Hey all you pickup drivin' MAGA boys!

Now's your chance. Lock and load your 'ol trusty AR-15!




wait, they're siding with Russia. My bad....

[Rhiannon12866]

7. K&R for the most hopeful news of the day!

[Renew Deal]

10. There is evidence of other foreign fighters already there.

Link to tweet

And I saw another tweet yesterday about another group.