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The International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine, [note 1] or the Ukrainian Foreign Legion, [9] is a military unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces composed of foreign volunteers.
Other weapons within the unit also include the FN FAL which have been seen prominently across the International Legion's armory. [17] Several other Western small arms such as AR-15 pattern rifles have also been spotted in use. [18] As of July 2024, the brigade utilizes the following small arms: AKM - Soviet/Russian assault rifle
Fighters of the battalion in Ukraine, October 2022. 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.
An analysis of foreign fighters by Arkadiusz Legieć, a Senior Analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs, estimated that about 17,241 foreign fighters fought in Ukraine between 2014 and 2019. 3,879 of those foreign fighters supported Ukraine and joined foreign volunteer battalions.
Some fighters and analysts in Ukraine believe it was a mistake for Kyiv to make brand-new brigades such as the 155th instead of replenishing older, more-experienced units that were already fighting.
For soldiers in Ukraine's "Spartan" brigade, danger could lurk behind every bush and in every field as they fight in Kyiv's counteroffensive against deeply entrenched Russian forces. Progress ...
Ukraine's 63rd Mechanized Brigade lived in primitive trench hovels, on a tract of land near Mykolaiv, for five months. As Newsy's Jason Bellini reports, the front has moved East, and no so have ...
At the top of the shield, the inscription "4th International Legion" is displayed in yellow. In the centre of the insignia are yellow wings with a sword between either side of the wings. Below the sword and wings is a shield with a yellow border, containing the Ukrainian tryzub variant used by the International Legion, with a globe beneath it.