Foreign Fighters Surprise Impact in Ukraine
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In this Ukraine War Update, One of the less covered aspects of the war in Ukraine is the effect tens of thousands of foreign fighters have had on both sides. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that directly following the invasion on 6 March 2022 more than 20,000 transnational volunteers from 52 different countries had enlisted in their newly formed International Legionnaires unit to fight for Ukraine. Similarly there are an estimated 20,000 foreign mercenaries fighting on Putin’s side including volunteers from Syria and Libya.
Written by: Chris Cappy & David Caplan
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But are these transnational volunteers still on the front lines today, what challenges do they face, and what can foreign fighters reveal to us about how effective each side's justification is for fighting?
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3:34 who made that map :D Czech republik is in NATO for bloody long time...
I wish I'd joined the national guard my junior year instead of waiting for graduation this year.
I would have had training and probably joined to defend the innocent women and children AKA refugees to the safer western side of the country.
Though I graduate in a few months and am joining up anyway, sure, I'll be in Europe or Asia soon enough anyway.
Cant get away from Lav even here
Do Penal Battalions next. Like Wagner.
Small correction: Spanish volunteers weren't only fighting against fascists. It was all around FFA. Communist volunteers, fascist volunteers, republican volunteers et cetera. Basically a total mess.
I've met foreign legionnaires during Kharkiv offensive near city of Balakliya. Most of them were from Scotland and Ireland. I noticed that their training level and fighting skills much further than ours (national guard of Ukraine). They helped us as we trapped in minefields , gave my wounded brothers-in-arms medical care they needed , disarmed a lot of OZM-72 antipersonnel mines to clear safe path. Legionnaires are people of courage and honour, I respect and proud that they fight side by side with us against russia.
Excuse me for bad English
Stay strong and be well brother. The sun will shine again upon Ukraine.
My grandmother told how she rebuilt Kharkov after your last attack in the 1940s. And I have to restore again, after you are destroyed :( History repeats itself in a spiral and the Nazis do not learn anything.
@@MultiNike79 You have this absurd idea that Ukrainians are Nazis. This is pure projection. Russia is far, far closer to the kind of nation that Germany was during WWII.
Irish and Scottish. I'd be glad to have those lads backing me up
It’s the Russians who are bombing Kharkiv and targeting civilians throughout Ukraine. The Russians are the nazis in this war
Colombian volunteers poured in from the beginning. My brother has been fighting since the war started he is former Colombian Special Forces 🇨🇴 God bless all 🙏
Hope all is well with your brother and your family.
Respect.
I've heard from reliable soldiers are some of the best light infantry in the world
He will come as a dead men if not already dead Russians are ruthless soldiers
He will come back in a box ..why ?? Just for Biden ??
@@breakfast00club..11 lol troll
@@peterwight3918 is he realy a troll? are you out of your mind?
“The reason transnational volunteers sign up to fight against Russia often is because their ideological beliefs within their own state failed them. Many American Iraq and Afghanistan veterans feel that the fight in Ukraine was what they wished they were fighting for in the global war on terror.”
Just casually dropping some weapons-grade truth here.
for some its like being an exterminator going in to kill cock roaches. do you try to relate to a cock roach? nope you just step on it and move on. because of international legion multitudes of cock roaches were sent home in body bags so they wont go home to lay eggs and make more cock roaches. they did humanity a favor.
But why do they refuse to affirm homosexual special rights ?
@@benjurqunov good bait
@@ericsilver9401 some master baitin' indeed
Ethno-nationalism is so hot right now
Just want to address some things as an ex-Foreign Legion member operating under GUR.
1. The legion gets bad equipment
- No. the legion gets better equipment than the Ukrainians most of the time. It’s just not handed out to every unit. There are units who have been proven in combat, they get everything they ask for. When I left I had a suppressor, laser, high rise mounted optic, and $7000 pair of RNVGs with dual peltor comtacs and an AMP mount, baofengs, Motorolas, and ATAK phones. We had any equipment we asked for within a month or two.
2. We get sent on suicide missions.
- No. Ukraine is not America, they do not have the capacity to support an operation like America does. When we went out, we had no medical support because there was no medical support. There were no aircraft, the QRF was a unit on the frontline that just took casualties from a shelling, and they had no one to come get us - most of the time. We were the best trained soldiers in that battle space, and Ukraine employed us as such. The missions were dangerous, but we accomplished them nonetheless despite rampant desertions from a lot of other foreigners, US included. It was a real war, not like the last decade of Iraq or Afghanistan.
TLDR: Foreigners get good equipment and are not sent on suicide missions.
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If you could go back, would you have done it again?
So you jumped from one despicable fight to another, congrats. At least you backed it up with action. If the empty suits in D.(. were required to the world would be much more peaceful.
Thank you
@@almo3250dickhead
I read from an American volunteer that he got redemption for the war in Iraq, where he was seen and called an "invader". He helped liberate towns in Ukraine and was proud to be called a liberator and was thanked by the civilians.
Actually the Iraqis did occassionally greet Americans given that Saddam had a minority dictatorship.
@@Strongholdex in the beginning, otherwise it was horrible
@@Strongholdex The beginning most Americans felt they were fighting what they believed in. Its the decade after that things began to change.
@@ruthrobles4594 Obviously you don’t get to talk with many Kurds.
It’s only thanks to the US invasion of Iraq that Iraqi Kurds (who supported the Americans immediately) now have been able to obtain the most similar thing to a fully independent country that they ever had in their entire history. By contrast in the late 1980s and early 1990s various districts of Iraqi Kurdistan were razed by Saddam Hussein, who sent the aptly named “Chemical Alí” to bomb Kurdish towns and villages with gas and chemical weapons… so yeah, it always depends in these cases.
@@adolfolerito6744 oh yeah? I'm sure if you approach a resident of kurdistan right now or a fighter of the ypg they will call the Americans brave and willing to fight for freedom😂😂the peshmerga, with the help of special forces, fought for their own country, and held their own country. Recent events tell the true position of the americans on any rebel movement that is at odds in any way to us interest
Yugoslavs that fought in Spanish civil war then had huge combat experience during ww2 and they were the only resistance force that liberated its own country. These guys were pretty badass once the war started
Coming form ex Yugoslavia and being born during this war I agree ☝️
Dang, Cappy, I didn't even make the connection until now about the Spanish Civil War and Ukraine. I'm with you. I hope this isn't the prequel to a larger conflict...say, with China, further down the road...
@@williamyoung9401 China isn't going to go to war on Russia's behalf
Do be worried about America starting shit, though. After all we’ve only sent the troops someplace new on average every three years.
True.
Lindybeige recently interviewed a British foreign fighter who was at the Yavoriv base when it was bombed for those interested. He also covers some other topics about the foreign volunteers in Ukraine in a series of interviews.
This guy is awesome. I want to drink with him. Lindy is cool guy too
its a really good interveiw
That is an amazing interview, he did the interview because they are friends if I remember correctly. There is also a shorter interview before he goes to Ukraine where he says one of the reasons he voluntered is because he thinks wars should be fought by the middled aged not the young
Yes that is a good interview.
Ah, just posted the same thing above. Should have checked the comments first...
I remember watching some Russian POW being interviewed by Ukrainian journalists, and many of them said that “they were captured by foreign mercenaries”. When the journalists explained that those people were not “mercenaries” (for whom Ukraine simply doesn’t have the money) but international volunteers, the POWs were dumbfounded as to why so many people from India, America or Western Europe would leave the safety of their usually rich countries, in order to risk their lives for Ukraine’s survival!
They really couldn’t even conceive that, when you invade a far smaller country to literally CONQUER it, people around the world don’t see you as “the good guys”…
Zolkin explained the difference between mercenaries and international volunteers from the point of view of the law. Every volunteer becomes a part of UAF and must be treated as every other ukrainian soldier
No if u fight in a war for a site without the nationality you are a mercenary xD
Call it what you want
This never happened (I had to list almost all of the POWs footage that came from this war). Stop spreading such lies. "dumbfounded that people came to help the "good guys"", damn you are really naive. ^^ As someone who actually lived in Ukraine, i cringe when i see some of the westerners that believe that this war is a Marvel movie. x)
@@11141q ALL HAIL THE GOD-TSAR! I agree with you whole-heartedly!
You have to remember we are getting one message they are being told another one
I am helping a battalion and another unit of the Legioners. At this point they’re supplied with everything, and I help them with some specific and urgent requests + financing cars repairs. I know the commander of this battalion, he’s an experienced, good and very careful guy. He cares about each one of his boys. Just saying. We are deeply grateful to each and every foreign volunteer.
Just doing my part by bumping this.
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I voluntarily served in Ukraine and originally was to join the International Legion. After a few days with them, seeing how much of a total gong show the unit was, me and several others left. I then linked up with a volunteer medical battalion under the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence called the Hospitallers. As a medic and rescue tech for industry back home, and former soldier, the Hospitallers were happy to have me, and they treated me quite well.
The long and the short of it, the International Legion is decent if you have combat experience and are up to date on combat operations. But unless you can prove yourself to them immediately, it’s probably not a good option. There are other programs in Ukraine accepting international volunteers, but from my knowledge the Hospitallers are among the best. Just make sure you are completely up to date with TCCC & weapons handling, otherwise you will be relegated as a driver: a position they already have a healthy surplus of.
Warmonger? I believe your wife and kids don't need the so-called "hero", they just need a good husband and a father.
@@mikhail2446 speaking of family and kids, clearly your parents raised you quite poorly, skipping the cliche but all too true saying “if you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all”. I chose to set a good example for for my son, standing up for what I believe in and offering my assistance in saving lives in the face of the pure evil that is the Russian military. Your words are the words of both ignorance and cowardice, yet you think you’re better than me by criticizing my efforts to help a innocent country defend itself from crimes against humanity and invasion from an evil Autocrat.
@@thesmellycrap4929 I am glad to hear they were humble enough to effect some positive changes. I got there in May, and yes, gong shot was an understatement. It is impressive to hear you, & others, did stick it out 🫡
@@mikhail2446 you do know warmonger is someone who actively creates war not defends a country from an invasion.... right..?
@@James-zg2nl do you really think the war in Ukraine is good vs evil? Not evil vs evil?
These are older issues highlighted by the Kyiv Independent and I hope the government addressed them. Even Poland is seeking their citizen for crimes committed in Poland. As anti-corruption goes, this highlights that you as an individual should speak out if you see an incompetent commander, so these issues are fixed or join a unit that works like the Georgian Legion.
I think thar if i am commanded by an incompetent corrupt old man, i would probably execute him right on the spot, he is sending me to die anyways, lets drag him and all his supporters with me
"as an individual should speak out if u see an incompetent comm., or join a unit like the GL" Guessing u havent served. Or been on Ops for real
Dude, people ARE speaking up. They are filing proper reports on bad commanders of all levels. Yet nothing is done about it. There is an interview here on YT about it. One volunteer arrived with a personal €30K sniper rifle that he was required to have stored in the common weapons-bunker over night before being sent out into combat the next day. Guess what? The rifle was gone next morning. They reported the shady mf who was in control of the bunker-locker, who clearly lied about not knowing anything about any fancy high tech sniper rifle, to the Ukrainian Military Intelligence and the Police. Nothing. Absolutely nothing was done about it. This was in Kyiv. It's a total shit show over there.
This type of corruption is a major problem with every country formerly under Communist rule: The people become frighteningly corrupt. Look at the Baltic states, Poland, Chezh Republic, etc. All corrupt to the core, just like the people in Russia, China etc.
It's getting better though, but it takes time. Not until the old and permanently corrupted generations die off and younger people, who didn't live under the corrupting influence of communism, grow up and take the reigns of their country does the corruption and nepotism slowly go away. But it takes about 2-3 generations. Until then. It's a total shitshow.
How do i know this? Well... i live nearby.
@@nonamegiven2024 Guessing u serve(d) in RF forces, or some other, incompetent, backwards forces that are immune to feedback based improvement.
Where did you serve/been on Ops for real ?
@@nonamegiven2024 Sasha makes a mockery of the country of Ukraine. For this and more I would give him summary execution with no trial. You are used to such tactics in Russia, just used against people that didn't deserve it. Go read the Gulag Archipelago and learn a bit about Putin's roots.
Cappy my grandfather fought against Franco in the Spanish civil war too. He had some crazy experiences in that war and it shaped the lives of that whole side of my family as my grandmother was sent away from Spain as a child at the outbreak of the war to Mexico. Once Franco won my grandfather eventually made his way to Mexico to escape persecution under Franco’s regime.
Czyli twój dziadek był bolszewikiem. Wspierał Stalina. Dzisiaj wspierałby Putina
My great uncle left Ireland to fight Franco, he wrote a book about his experiences, "under the olive groves"......Joe Cunningham
Not to be a troll or speak negatively but if your grandfather fought against Franco and the Fascist then he was a fighting for the communists and anarchists?
@@Señor916.Ixpol14 fighting for communists against fascism is an objectively good thing to do.
my buddy fought for ukraine last year from march til august and was treated great, once they knew he was a former marine sniper he was given the best they could get for him because they knew what the had and he proved his worth. He went there because he doesnt like Russia or what they stand for and still says they are the worst trained troops hes ever fought and has fought in iraq and afghanistan. Still insists in a conventional war the us could defeat Russia in under 2 weeks as well given what hes seen as far as russian military in ukraine
It´s amazing how americans can be so delusional
😆 sure buddy.
So if the US could defeat Russia in 2 weeks , why they are not doing it ?
It would be much cheaper than paying all these billions to Ukraine !!
Or maybe your friend clearly lacks military knowledge and thats why he ran out of Ukraine !
It's precious he thinks a administration in Washington lead by a senile idiot and a woke as F military leadership that shouldn't be trusted with a potato gun could lead a successful war... 2 decades in Afghanistan and Iraq proved NATO not just the US is not as strong as we are sold. And that's with leadership that isn't as much of clown show that we have now and makes us the laughing stock of the world..
Putin's constant nuclear posturing is proof enough that Russia is ill-equipped to win a conventional war against any decent military.
Obviously, Russians & naive people online can say whatever they want, but there's a very obvious reason Russia's only behind North Korea in terms of how often they waves nukes around every chance they get.
They're not confident in anything else they have and are afraid if they don't repeatedly remind everyone "bUt nUkEs!" every 2 seconds, then they'll get destroyed.
I think there's another very relevant aspect to foreign fighters leaving. The war is now more than a year old. I don't think we can judge foreign fighters for deciding they've done enough for someone else's country.
The last big war here lasted 4 years. Then, too, the Europeans got tired and stopped fighting. The problem is that when Europeans come to Russia, they destroy everything and make a Holocaust, and when Russia comes to Europe, it simply teaches us to live in a civilized way.
Therefore, Europeans are not afraid of Russians - they know that if they are not offended, they will be taught tolerance, peaceful coexistence and other achievements.
Stupid historical cycle, again entered the period of the Western Holocaust. I hoped people got better.
Someone else's country that has routinely showed a disregard for the foreign volunteers in their usage, safety, equipment and organization*
Its one thing to be drafted and have to fight for people who are incompetent. Its another to voluntarily stay to take part in the Nepotism Express Lane straight to the graveyard. Its a massive PR win to have all those people showing up to defend your country as the bastion of liberal democratic values David against an authoritarian state Goliath. Most of it is lost when you start letting those men be killed needlessly because of an inter-service pissing match spawned from appointing commanders in a manner that closely resembles how things are handled in an authoritarian state. You know, letting international criminals hide in your country and have command positions is definitely common practice in Russia, and Ukraine copying it looks very, very bad.
Even if its only small number who died that way, its unacceptable and hurts their image.
In Ireland our laws concerning fighting in foreign armies are extremely loose, in that they don't exist. As long as you are not part of an organisation declared illegal in Ireland like ISIS or Al-Qaeda you can join freely with no restrictions. Foreign armies can't actively recruit in Ireland but people frequently travel abroad to join the military, most notably in the British army where there are thousands of Irish citizens, as well as the US military and French Foreign Legion. Also with your mention of the Spanish civil war about a thousand Irish citizens fought in the war, most of them fought for Franco as part of the Irish brigade. We have a long history of the "Wild Geese", a nickname for Irishmen travelling abroad to fight in foreign armies that has existed since the Crusades and continues to this day. So even though it is not on any lists concerning the legality of foreigners joining the Ukrainian military, lads joining the Ukrainian army is perfectly legal in Ireland and a good few have gone.
But why do they absolutely refuse homosexual special rights ?
@@benjurqunov what are you on about?
@@Kevc00
It keeps spamming the comments with this single question without context. No idea what it's on about or who it's referring to.
I'm passingly familiar with the Wild Geese, but didn't know that the tradition has continued to the present.
@@eldorados_lost_searcher traditionally it referred to going to continental armies, but since the 19th century it has generally referred to going abroad to fight in general. People don't talk about it much but most families will have had someone who joined the British army.
That is really heart breaking to hear Afghan soldiers are joining up with Russia because they felt abandoned by the US. I mean I totally get it, but it just really really is sad to hear.
Actually awesome to hear.
they want to fight the nato guys who hung them out to dry after hyping bagram airbase so much.
will be funny when the afghan guy ends up waterboarding his former american captor lol.
Even though the American president who abandoned Afghanistan was pro-russia.
@@DrMrPersonGuy is Biden pro russia?
Abandoned they couldn't even hold their country for a few months. They had 20 years of hand holding and never once took the initiative or showed any real effort in fighting. Obviously some of the sf units fought and fought hard but the regular army units in Afghanistan were cowards.
we have some guys from Argentina fighting for Ukraine over there, glory to Ukraine and glory to the legion and foreign fighters
From argentina? He will certainly join the azov battalion for nostalgias sake
they got guys from almost every country
bunch of idiots gonna die and kill for no reason
lol
@@u2beuser714 If only you actually knew what you were talking about lemme guess you wrong lyrics think they are Nazis which simply is not true
@@alexbrown200it was a joke ..
My experience in the wars in the former Yugoslavia was that foreign volunteers were mostly guys trying to escape from their wives or else from a tedious, meaningless life. A lot of Brits who were on the dole were volunteers. They were guys trying to prove to themselves that they weren't cowards. A motley bunch for sure.
crazy you fought in yugoslavia and dropped that like its casual , i could easily see people trying to get out of their crap lives by going to war
What side did you fight for and what’s your view on it ?
I am happy to see that there are still people from my country who are standing up for what is right. 🇧🇷
In their hearts, they are with Ukraine. Brave soldiers who fought in the war who would love to be able to go out and fight for Ukraine. God bless them.
What is right that they are standing up for?
@@huwhitecavebeast1972 helping resist an illegal invasion from Putin
@@huwhitecavebeast1972 The fact that Russia thinks they can attack a country but can't be attacked on their homeland is baffling
@@huwhitecavebeast1972 Killing orcs
Ukrainian civilians gratefull for any help especially militaries from another countries
Thank You from heart
Stay safe y'all💪🏻
@@JoshuaC923 I will try
Thank You bro
Not the 30%of Ukrainians that are Russian.
Why do you want the people of Luhansk to go back to Ukraine when they voted to join Russia?
Don't you believe in Democracy?
@Curiosity than why did you comment this
Lier :)
Met in person Mexican's, Spain's, Americans in the battle for Severodonetsk,june 22.Thank you,people of dignity😊
What did Europeans forget in Russian lands? Why are you needed here? Do you remember what they did to you last time?
@@MultiNike79 your land are swamps and old wooden villages😂😂
@@jamesstevenson5329 One of the key features of Americans is their extreme stupidity and lack of erudition.
Russia is fighting Nazi zombies, like you.
Holy shit, i did not expect my country flag, Perú, to appear in one of the soldiers chest, 0:19
Latino Power Hermano👊
This is a war on totalitarianism, all are welcome!
The Peruvians i'm told were subsumed to the Bulgarian Bag Biter Battalion.
He mentioned India fighting for Ukraine, mad propaganda
@@TsarOfRuss I know there was one guy from India. You have no idea how partisan India is.
Should of mention Freedom of Russia Legion as one of the Ethnic Russian units working with Ukrainian Foreign Legion. Many of them are not only defectors, but also foreign Russians like me who are against Russian government and their imperial ambitions.
I believe if Pyotr Kropotkin were still alive, he would pick up a gun and fight against Putin.
Should've, not should of.
You're one of the good Russians
Свобода россий братан
Excuse me for my poor Russian
Atlest they were shortly visible in the Wikipedia List he has shown.
@@luminaaeterna1259 Eh "Good Russian" is kind of misnomer. It is derogatory term for Russian Opposition members who are not any different from Putler and his cronies. As in the ones with imperial ambitions. This is why some organizations like Russian Volunteer Corps exist, even though they are technically sub organization of Azov but of ethnic Russians.
I served with the international legion but was wounded during the attack in Yavoriv on March 13 2022. I have a lot of insight on to what happened, and how the legion operates as a whole (from my experience).
What made you become a terrorist?
Do you know about the Holocaust? It's considered a bad thing all over the world, why did you decide to do it?
then you not really served,if you just got clapped in yaworiw and left.
@@InfantryRifleman00 He was injured he never stated if he left afterwards and continued service
@@InfantryRifleman00 Internet hero right here
When you need more armour so you put ridge wallet all over the place like explosive reactive armour
better than what you get if you volunteer for Ukraine
@@alexandermccabe556 mobniks be like.
@@alexandermccabe556, for Ukraine in the Ruzz foreign legion, yes. They'll be provided with the latest btr-50s!
Think it has been confirmed that wallets are effective pieces of armour.
Those Cope Wallets.
It sucks feeling so helpless. I’d be less than useless in combat off on an Xbox and yeah, I’ve emails my senators telling them my whole family is willing to send whatever tax dollars Ukraine needs to defend their country but there isn’t really much I can do. Glory to all the brave soldiers who actually go.
They're not even raising taxes, they're just printing and borrowing. We're never gonna actually pay it all back so it's basically free money.
Lol sending dollars to someone who you don't know and what they truly stand for. Just because you government tells you to. Freedom btw. More like blatant propaganda.
Foreign nationals volunteers is a topic worthy of news coverage in this putrid war. Thanks for the vid. Keep on. Tom.
What was even better is that he mentioned corruption in the foregin legion and "Sasha". Kyiv independent have two articles about this and both are a good and terryfing read.
People who join terrorist organizations are not volunteers, but terrorists.
In other words "In Syria and Iraq we could play the Rambo part cause the enemy had nothing, but in Ukraine we are facing a real army who actually has real equipment". Nothing like in the movies isn't it.
Actually - Iraq had weapons on the level currently employed by Russia or better (which isn't saying much considering they send T55 from forties to front line now). They army just wasn't willing to fight for Saddam or they "country" (which borders were drawn by British not considering local population which caused three hostile to each other ethniticies suddenly becoming citizens of Iraq), were poorly trained and badly lead. Also - USA has no.1 military without close second. You'd have to be an idiot to blame them for having superior technology and using them to minimize casualities on their side....
Except for isis the Republican guard and Iran back militias
Davide Rodogno (2.30 paper author) was my prof in Geneva, Switzerland :) very very very professional, funny and good teacher. What a surprise :) (cheers from Hungary, and Slava Ukraini!!)
I think you can easily say that this is far beyond average infantryman. This is advanced professional journalism with integrity.
@Robotfromouterfuckingspace What part was propaganda?
the French foreign legion are great at turning together a ragtag of multinational adventurist into a well balanced fighting force.
Yea but their well establish the Ukrainian one was established during a war not the best of times
Fun fact there’s a special forces unit in the International Ukraine Foreign Legion.
"I'm doing my part!" I love that book. And the movie. But on completely different levels.
Same!
Yep book is totally different from movie.
@Hey hoe though honestly I really enjoy the movie as a satire of the book
Sign up and join the war .. you will learn the hard way
that book and forever war are so great
Your long form videos pack so much information you must do a lot of research for these, thanks for the dedication, very informative
I know 3 🇨🇦friends who went over and didn’t stay long. They felt being foreigners they were seen as disposable and expendable. Thrown into the meat grinder. That’s why Wally the 🇨🇦sniper didn’t stay long. They were not used in the right way.
All those above were trained and experienced infantry combat veterans.
He said he was not going to shoot Russians, just serve as a spotter. I watched his interview. With that attitude you expect something else?
My 2 collegues went there since the start and are coming back after regular visits home. They are coming back to recharge batteries and buy some equipment for newbies. In general they do not complain about their gear, they were given everything once they showed willingness to fight. Just like others wrote in comments.
Granted, Wally could have his reasons to not shoot, just put yourself in shoes of Ukrainians. Anyway, respect for all Canadian soliders, I have heard only good words about you guys.
That's not the experience of people I know who are still there. Stories I hear some people just weren't mentally ready for full blown near peer conflict. It's not like these low intensity conflicts prepare you for getting shelled and bombed all day.
and as Wally said, its a war between machines, first of all
its tough to fight if your enemy has much more weapons and ammunition
At the time, I worked for the State Department Consular Affairs, and we processed about 6000 new passports for Americans to travel to Ukraine.
It is just as sad that Europeans forget how 27 million Russians died in the Holocaust and this is all happening again.
@@MultiNike79 it is curious to know what the end state would be. Assuming he conquered Ukraine, where else would he go? Who else would it embolden? We can speculate, of course, but we can never know for sure.
@@josephabraham4058 He?
A counter-terrorist operation is being carried out on the territory of the former Ukraine, with the global goal of preventing genocide and regular terracts.
The Fourth Reich, which was formed on the territory of Europe, with all this terrible Nazism and totalitarianism, also requires its solution, but Russia does not have enough strength to restore order there, as after 1945.
Somehow I doubt those 20,000 on the Russian side are just volunteers
Russia has allowed foreigners to join the armed forces since 2010. There are three basic requirements: speak Russian, have no criminal background, be willing to serve a minimum of 5 years.
@@MissCheeseE think theres only 2 now.
@@MissCheeseE I'm not questioning that they're foreign.
This was a really well researched piece- the historical context about other conflicts was really helpful to understand the manpower issues. The reportage about the corruption and incompetence of the Ukrainians was covered very diplomatically. Good work Cappy!As always great sense of humor Chris. 🙌🏽
Well, the West has its own history, based on Marvel comics. It has nothing to do with the real one.
It's funny that similar events have been repeated for about 10 times over the past 400 years. Some infernal evil European (Polish king, Napoleon, Kaiser, Hitler, Biden) comes and starts killing local people. Then the Russians crush him. You can take literature 150 years ago and it will fully describe current events: again evil from the West, the destruction of the region, again help comes from Moscow to save people from destruction by foreigners.
Foreign volunteer returning from Ukraine said the volunteers with no military experience were often just as good as the guys with lots.
Yeah, was told the same. Depends on the mindset and as always bit of luck.
Stop painting Crimea as russia
Crimea was, is and will always be Russian. Go open a book. Almost everybody living there is Russian.
@@mamo1761 florida has always been mexican, just look how many latinos live there
@@mamo1761🖕
FL was NEVER Mexico, it was Spanish!
@@mamo1761It was Greek first.
The RUclips channel Lindybeige usually covers old historical weapons and arms. But recently he’s had a series of fascinating interviews with a British volunteer in Ukraine’s Foreign Legion.
He talks all about his experience arriving in Ukraine during the Russian offensive against Kyiv and the practical aspects of the trench warfare things settled into.
I think you did fairly well in highlighting both the good and the bad that happens around foreign fighters. The Polish dude with a fake name and a criminal record reminded me how there was a Finnish article similar to the one in Kyiv Independent that raised issues of Ukraine troops' tactical capabilities. If what was told by the one named Finnish volunteer and the two unnamed ones were accurate or not, I wouldn't know, but the named guy turned out to be a crook with massive embezzlement charges.
Brazilian here, i tried to enlist, went to the embassy but was rejected. I have weapons and some tactics training but im not ex military, that and the president didnt choose a side, so brazilians werent able to go *with permission*. Some went to ukraine anyway
i hear brazilian president is a former criminal, is it true?
Why ? Some people don't like that a small country has been brutally and mercilessly attacked by a country 20 times its size. But most are descendants of people whom Russia has hurt in the past. Russia has left its merciless mark on virtually every country it borders on. Practically starting from Finland and ending with Korea, people from these countries have suffered numerous brutal and merciless wrongs in just the last 100 years. Deportations, extermination camps, mass executions, NKVD prisons and similar places saw practically all people from countries neighboring Russia
OK, not gonna lie, that Ridge Wallet promo bit was actually really well done. 10/10 did not mind watching an ad.
You're the only channel that I can actually stomach watching the sponsor advertisements on
Per capita the British have sent the most men to help Ukraine. The British never miss an opportunity to fight the Russians in Crimea
Gotta have someone pop the kettle on.
I fell You..
I'm Danish and My grandmother (on fathers side) lost 2 of her brothers (they were members if they Danish Communist party in the 1930's before the went to Spain to join the ' Internatinal Brigade' to fight against Francos fascists (and the German nazis - who used the Civil War in Spain in the 1930's as a practice run for WW2)...
It wasn't until in the 1990 before My family finally found out where the 2 brothers were killed and buried (it was out in the country side får from large cities like Madrid Barcelona etc Maybe that was why it took +50 years before My family found out what happened to them..😢
All of these volunteers for the Ukrainian (except the corrupt leadership) military are serious hero's. I commend your bravery.
Not all,
Only the military veterans who provided actual help to the ukrainians,
not the bunch of war tourist who becomes more of a liability than a helping hand
Filthy mercs! Hope the Russians don't take them PoWs
You probably don't know the story. Europeans with their genocide came to the territory of Rus' many times. And each time it ended badly for them.
All sorts of fascists, Nazis, Hitlers, Napoleons and other evil spirits. Why do you keep repeating the same thing over and over? Slaughter people, burn cities? Why are Europeans unable to live peacefully and respect others until Russia stands above them?
Some, not all. Those men who left their families to risk their lives for a foreign cause are the opposite of heroes, and should be shamed for shirking their familial duties.
@@johnbaker4246 They went on safari to shoot Russians (80% of Ukraine's peoples).
Full of videos where they shoot unarmed people.
I am too old to take up arms, or engage in heavy lifting volunteer work... But if I was 20 years younger nothing could stop me from volunteering for this fight.
Don't it's not worth it 2 corrupt governments fighting each other 😮
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It's you're bright spark 😂
@@prometheusjackson8787wtf
And you would face same outcome as in vietnam and afghanistan lol
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Katsap 🤖
Glad to hear some mention of the spanish civil war, one of the key events in the build up to the second world war which is often vastly over looked.
This war is dual. For Russians and Ukrainians, this is a civil war, since the people are one. But for the whole world, this is something like the Second World War. United Europe again came to destroy Russia and Russians, as Hitler did. USA wants to conquer the world, Russia defends the Free World. If Russia loses, the world will become a terrible place, since the colonial regime of one country will be even worse than the colonial regimes of the 19th century - at least there were many metropolises there.
Glory to the International foreign legion! Slava Ukraine!
Respects to your great grandfather in Spain. I see honor runs in the family. Great report, thanks!
This is a certified sundowner moment
Keep your metal gear rising nonsense to yourself. That game sucks.
Sundowner moment? How?
@@Anuj-2 He means to say that he's fucking invincible.
@@Anuj-2 I love war
@@VenomSnake420 Me too, but not too close to home
Same my grandpa was a volunteer on the Soviet front after the civil war
Would you consider covering crimes committed against soldiers that don't get much attention and missing, presumed awol, soldiers who are found dead? For example Austin Hawke, Vanessa Guillen,
Enrique Roman-Martinez, Richard Halliday, etc.
I'm the sister of Richard Halliday who has been missing for almost 3 years and we're still looking for answers.
Terrorists are not welcome here. What would you like? If you come with a new Holocaust and support the Nazis, then they have been buried here for the last 400 years. One and the same thing: Hitlers, Kaisers, Napoleons, Bidens come, bring blood and destruction. Then they are destroyed.
Pray for them - they are in hell for all this infernal horror, torture, murder and destruction.
Theres a uk channel by a guy called Lindybeige. He does a lot of random stuff from swing dance to military history to role playing games to medieval weaponry and armour. He also has a very interesting set of interviews with a UK volunteer who was over fighting in Ukraine. Well worth a listen.
I watched the interviews really good and interesting stuff!
Can't stand him, otherwise I'd have watched it by now. Keep seeing it...
@@EntryLevelLuxury If it helps he does very little talking in it. Its mostly all the other guy.
Why are you showing Crimea as a part of Russia? Kinda weird given other territories you show as Ukrainian
@harvard smith deangelo lol
No active combat operations happening in Crimea/happened since February 2022.
@harvard smith deangelo Exactly, Ukraine will never put Crimea on the table and offer Crimea to the russian fascists.
Clase why dont you volunteer to fight?
There was a documentary about a guy who wanted to join the Belgian army but was rejected. When the war broke out the joined the Ukranian national legion. After 1 month training they were send into combat, they were payed 4500$/month plus extra fees. He talked about abuse by drunken leaders and bad intel before going onto missions leading to many deaths and injured. He left after 6 months deeply traumatised. He said the biggest danger are drones, if you are detected you will be hit with artillery or an airstrike.
Ukrainian Nazis
@@MultiNike79 Funny how quicky people are forgetting the US and Canadian forces trained nazi battalions in Ukraine.
thats the point, have protection from the enemy drones but how to do that?
Don’t be seen
Going to point out things as a foreigner in the AFU.
1-The legion did not dismiss people without prior experience, they just stopped recruiting them for a while, before they realised it was a bad idea. The reality is that most people with combat experience, actually stay in the legion for considerably less time than those without. This mostly effects Americans, as they are used to fighting small numbers of badly equipped enemies, where they can call on a radio and have any artillery, jets, gunships or medi-vac on station in a short amount of time. Ukraine has none of that, esperically early in the war.
2-Legion Special Service Group (LSSG), has no requirement of prior SF experience.
3-a large part of what happens is people serve in the Legion to gain combat experience in Ukraine, as it is a very different type of combat to what most are used to, and then they transition to an instructor role to impart their knowledge directly to new Ukrainian soldiers.
4-Legion training has always been a running joke, some people, with no prior experience got a week, maybe 2 if they were lucky, it was largely down to the units to train them. This is because many units were sorted by nationality/language, causing a wide range of SOPs, even within the same company. This has now changed with with introduction of the 4th Battalion who train everyone coming into the Legion.
5-We get the same kit as everyone else, no one gets good gear except a few Brigades, there simply isnt enough to go around. If anything, we do get some preferance as we are more familular with western kit than the Ukrainians, especially when it comes to smallarms and daily use equipment.
6-It is massively unit based, different platoons, companys or squadrons get different treatment depending on their commanders political standing withing the legion, the combat record of the unit, the experience of personnel, the commanders knowledge/experience/compitance. I have personally seen stupid commanders who are very politically savvy get amazing kit for their men, but then waste it operationally, while good commanders get the leftovers and excell with it, but everything inbetween those 2 options happen too.
thanks for this informative report, learned many new details I hadn't been aware of
If you're curious about what it's like, Lindybeige has a 3 vid interview with a British member of the Foreign legion, it's a hell of a story, dude went through so much and he said he's going back as soon as he recovers.
When it comes to volunteers in the spanish civil war there was finns fighting on both sides and after the war they met each other on the docks in finland that ended in a fist fight
I listen to Dejan berices videos bc I speak the language he’s the Serbian man you interviewed and according to him Russia enlists these volunteers as part of their regular military. They’re offering citizenships to everyone who serves for at least 6 months. They can also move their entire families there after they become citizens. Oh and for people in the medical field let’s say you’re a doctor who just wants to work and live there they’ll give you a free house…and if you decide to stay there for atleast 10 years the house is yours to sell or to do whatever you wish… this is directly from Dejan boric. Very interesting
He's been in the donbass along time I believe everything he said in that interview.
I can confirm it's much better now at recruitment.. Earlier this year, I got interviewed twice by an ex British soldier who'd been at fighter at the beginning of the war, and now works with the Ukrainian embassy, he questioned me about my previous military career, and had me vetted, I then had to confirm I had combat experience and the people who didn't have it or it became clear that they are lying about military service(which a ex soldier can always tell) they get removed from the enlistment process. So definitely miles better now.
Have a bump. Best I can do on my part.
🖕 RUclips algorithm🖕 tho
This is one of the best researched and most neutral analysis.
@@MrMarineti spell Ukrain right
in 1936, the year the spanish civil war broke out, the communists created their war cry "no passaran" (they shall not pass), announcing they'd stop the fascists. In the same year, in London, the "battle of cable street" happened, where Londoners stopped Oswald and his fascists, crying "They shall not pass" - which was probably an inspiration for Tolkin's famous scene.
Hello. I'm from Ukraine. I want to say a few words about the Legion.
At the very beginning of the war, many people wanted to join the Legion, thinking that it was like fighting in Call of Duty. In fact, many were driving for adrenaline. Of course, they were very disappointed after the early arrivals of the missiles. It turned out that you can die here. Therefore, in the first weeks, a large part of people dropped out.
That is why it was constantly indicated that experienced people are needed. And it is difficult and not easy even for the experienced, because almost no one had experience in a war of such a scale against a significantly superior enemy.
Everything is easier now. After stabilization of the front and the path traveled. Developed infrastructure, training, etc.
We especially need narrow specialists in Western technology. For example, for training on Patriot or other Western air defense systems.
Therefore, it is definitely not worth going to the Legion following the call of the heart without having skills.
If you don't have the skills, but you really want to help with your personal presence, there are a lot of volunteer organizations that help people. For example, with medicine, logistics, etc. This is an equally important matter. It is not necessary to risk your life.
When the call for volunteers first went out last year, it seemed authorities said they were requiring DD-214 or equivalent papers in order to be considered, but then it seemed not so since they got so many unqualified types? What happened with that? Screening using those papers as one requirement, at least by the first legit FL recruit familiar with discharge papers would be a simple thing.
@@nwmacguy I suspect they had plenty of intent to do it properly but well shit hit the fan and it didn’t end up happening
By most accounts it’s far better now. War is chaos, it takes time to enforce some structure on it
Your Col Trautman Cosplay was Amazing....
3:35 that map is pretty bad mate, Czechia and North Macedonia are in Nato, Ukraine and especially Belarus are not 😂
This was very enlightening and a great explanation!
The presence of foreign volunteers in the conflict is problematic because it establishes that there are multiple national armies and interests involved in the conflict. Putin has successfully sold the notion to Russians that this conflict is a patriotic war -- a third patriotic war -- against the west. And even if Putin's claim didn't penetrate all sectors Russian society, it has given Putin the means to really crack down on his domestic opposition in Russia. This conflict has volunteers and mercenaries on both sides, which is concerning as it does give doubt as to who has command and control over the forces in the field. The potential is enormously high for the occurrence of atrocities, which have happened in abundance already.
Russian society so so braindead that Putin could make any old crap up and they'd swallow it. Don't worry about how Putin might twist some facts, it doesn't matter.
God bless to the Foreign volunteers that fights alongside Ukraineians soldiers to Defend Freedom, Democracy and Sovereignty of Ukraine!!!
This isn't Call of Duty kids, this is real war.
War is not a game! War is a tragedy! Russia had to use other measures to resolve problems with Ukraine! As time passes and Russia can't win things can become worse and more complicated! I hope this will finish soon! As for the volunteers in a war truth is not easy to recognize!
3:35 wtf is this nato map, Czechia is a member too
After Babiš speech :c)
Talking about foreign volunteers in Ukraine without mentioning belarusians, the amount of which is more than all others combined.
Top notch as usual. Keep up the great informative work brother!
I compared Ukraine with the Spanish civil war when I got interviewed by CNN before joining the legion last march.
What happens if the foreign fighter signs up with Russia.
There was a guy recently who was an American soldier and he defected to Russia. Ukraine is at war with Russia but the USA is not so what is the American position on him.
John macintyre?
Lol of course the US is at war w Russia, its gonna become official real soon!
Russia has allowed foreigners to join the military since 2010. As long as one speaks Russian, has no criminal record, and is willing so serve at least 5 years, that’s all. (Of course one would have to complete boot camp).
I love your videos❤. Thank you for mentioning "Georgian legion" its overlooked most of the time. It will be interesting what you think about georgia Russian war?
My grandfather also fought also in the Spanish Civil War against fascism
I think it's important that volunteers are looked after for any injuries the receive from the conflict and I'm hoping that signing official enlistment documents (as mentioned at 14:05) will ensure this.
At 3:35 map is showing Belarus as a NATO member state, pretty big error as Belarus it's subservient to Russia
Why was Crimea red on that map?
THE RHETORIC OF THIS CHANNEL is very DIFFERENT, WHEN US TROOPS ATTACK another country, they are all heroes
At 3.36 the map shows Belarus as a Nato member country (which it obv is not), and Czechia as a non-member even though they are.
Mercs are Dropping into Verdansk.
Probably the first time in ages that I've actually LOVED an ad!! Thanks Cappy!
Am Ukrainian Militia from 2014, say Many Volunteers not be prepared to hardness War, after strike Yavoriv camp base, part of numbers declare to Leave. It’s was war filter, about Legion, many operations Legion make under ministry of intelligence, it’s still info under mark secrecy, I know what foreign have key point on defence Kiev, Liberation of Chernihiv Region, Kupansk offensive,Kherson offensive special Polk Kalinovsky, on Spring many volunteers leave Legion and just resign contracts with origin Army Forced units, for example Battalion of name Karpatska Sitch, 58 mech , 128 Montains Brigades, 36 marine regiment have a lot volunteers come after Spring. Another case it’s Georgeon Legion which unit have special commands from ex georg spec forces. You forget about Mozart group who owned American Spec.Ops against Vagner , more people’s on this unit is foreign to. Many Foreigners on Paramedic Hospitalers Battalion and famous Azov .War is Filter, and show how strong and calm you can be. I Respect all peoples who fight and help. Glory to Ukraine!
The foreign volunteers in Spain weren't just fighting against Fascists, they were fighting for Communists. How exactly is it unfortunate that they lost?
Wow. Balanced reporting. So nuanced
RIP Turtle. War is hell and I feel sorry for both sides of men who would rather be home with family and friends, instead fighting for old men's ego.
Mad respect to your great grandfather.
There were also the Eagle Squadrons___Americans who served in the RAF from 1940 to 1942__and the Kosiusko Squadron____Americans who fought in the Polish Air Force during the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-21.
Your self-made commercials for companies advertising on your videos are often comically good, but this time time it was absolutely great, since the transition to the commercial was flawless.
At 5:00 ? That's my avatar! That's The Ukrainian Institute in NYC! It's a really beautiful building and I can't wait for some time off to go visit! They're on 79th and 5th, right across from the Met. It was already tagged by Polish people with a joint flag on the message board in front of the building.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦💙💛🌻
🇮🇪🇺🇦 R.I.P. Finbar Cafferkey, an incredibly brave man from Co. Mayo, Ireland who died whilst fighting Russian troops near Bakhmut.
He had previously fought with Kurdish militia against IS.
He chose to travel from our little country to render aid to those facing up against a would be oppressor. To quote his mother, he "just didn't die with courage, he lived with courage".
That report was suprisingly correct. Keep it up.
Holy shit. Ridge Wallets and Dr Squatch turned 10 this year. I feel old.