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Infantrymen of the battalion, with an AK-74M during rifle training, March 2023.. On 27 February 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an announcement declaring the establishment of an international fighting force to assist in defending the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine amidst the Russian invasion.
Following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine by forces of the Russian Federation, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged foreign volunteers to travel to Ukrainian embassies across the world to join a new 'International Brigade' of the Ukrainian armed forces.
The battalion is intended to make combat-ready soldiers who join the legion who are then sent off to fight in other units of the International Legion. The other three battalions of the Legion, being the 1st Infantry Battalion, 2nd Battalion, and the 3rd Special Purpose Battalion, have participated in major military campaigns during the Russian ...
"After all, today we have a 1,300 km-long front with active combat clashes." Some elements of these brigades were aided by training from Western forces, such as the 155th Mechanized Brigade. About ...
In its quest to fill the dwindling ranks of its infantry, Ukraine has turned to recruiting prisoners to join the fight against Russia, and more than four thousand have applied so far. The 3rd ...
The brigade was deployed to confront the Russian incursion around the village of Lyptsi, north of Ukraine’s second-largest city, last June; the forested area has since been a pivotal battleground.
The Ukrainian Volunteer Army (Ukrainian: Українська добровольча армія, УДА, romanized: Ukrayinsʹka dobrovolʹcha armiya, UDA) is a volunteer military formation established in December 2015 by Dmytro Yarosh after his departure from Right Sector. [1]
An AMX-10 crew featured on Ukraine's state-run Army TV said the vehicle's rate of fire can range from five to 12 rounds per minute, depending on the loader's efficiency. Adapting to combat in Ukraine