Sunday, March 6, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmyro Kuleba, said more than 20,000 people from 52 countries had already expressed itself for this purpose with the Ukrainian authorities.
The international solidarity movement triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine does not only translate into one-off popular gatherings in large capitals. Less than the protesters mobilized against the Russian offensive, international volunteers make up to Ukraine to take up arms to the call of Kiev and participate in the resistance against the aggression of Moscow. Sunday, March 6, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmyro Kuleba, said more than 20,000 people from 52 countries had already expressed itself for this purpose to the Ukrainian authorities. The creation of an “international legion for the defense of Ukraine” to welcome foreigners ready to put their military experience at the service of this country had already been announced by Kiev in the first days of the conflict. She is now taking shape.
“The whole world is today on the side of Ukraine, not only in words but also in acts,” said Sunday Mr. Kuleba, without specifying the number of volunteers already taken care of by the authorities. On the eve of these ads, A website had been launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs To provide candidates with the coordinates of 67 Ukrainian diplomatic representations around the world where military attachés must assist them. On the ground, the Legion for Ukraine must be integrated into the Territorial Defense, a branch of the Ukrainian armed forces created after the Russian invasion. In the wake of these official calls, press titles around the world have reported commitments, without knowing what will be able to argue on the ground these good wishes posted.
The Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo announced, on March 2, that 70 people, a majority of former members of the Japanese self-defense forces responded to the call. A hundred volunteers were also announced in South Korea, depending on the KBS World TV channel. Cases have also been identified in Thailand, where militants of the Prodémocracy Movement who held heads, during the 2020 demonstrations, to the Government of the former General Putschist Prayuth Chan-Ochaha took attach with the Ukrainian embassy for there too. “To oppose tyranny”, according to the words of the Casonapong activist “ball” Phongpai.
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