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The International Legion Defence of Ukraine, [note 1] or the Ukrainian Foreign Legion, [9] is a military unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces composed of foreign volunteers. It was created on 27 February 2022 by the Ukrainian government at the request of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fight against the Russian invasion of the country. [10]
On March 1, 2022, Ukraine temporarily lifted visa requirements for foreign volunteers who wished to join the fight against Russian forces. The move came after Zelenskyy created the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine and called on volunteers to "join the defense of Ukraine, Europe and the world". [412]
This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. (November 2023) The Russo-Ukrainian War has seen foreign volunteers participate on both sides of the conflict. Most foreign fighters joined the conflict during one of two waves. The first wave happened ...
U.S. Army veteran Matthew Parker. (Matthew Parker) Parker joined the U.S. Army in 1990, fighting in both Bosnia and Iraq, and retired at the end of 2011. He returned home to South Carolina and has ...
The National Guard of Ukraine, subordinated to Ministry of Internal Affairs, had established several reserve battalions, among which were Donbas Battalion and General Kulchytskiy Battalion formed from volunteers and Maidan activists. [17] Notable Units formed between 2014 and 2015 include: Soldiers of the Volunteer Battalion "Azov" in 2014.
The Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) was founded in August 2022 [15] The founder and leader of the group is Denis Nikitin, who has been described as a neo-Nazi. [16] [17] [18] According to the Ukrainian news agency Glavcom, the RVC was formed by Russian volunteers who had started fighting for Ukraine in the Azov Regiment and other units in 2014. [19]
The Georgian Legion was founded by Mamuka Mamulashvili, a veteran of the Abkhaz–Georgian conflict, First Chechen War, and the Russo-Georgian War. [6] He later commented “The idea of creating the legion was to gather people of different nationalities to serve together to stand against Russian aggression, and we did it.” [5] Georgian volunteers frequently cited Ukraine and Georgia's common ...
The National Guard of Ukraine was originally created by the Law of Ukraine "On the National Guard of Ukraine" dated 4 November 1991, No. 1775 -XII. It was created on the basis of part of the Internal Troops of the Soviet Union in the Ukrainian SSR , while the Internal Troops of Ukraine also was established at almost the same time in 1992 as ...