Citizens of Georgia, Croatia, France, and other countries declared their intention to join the ranks of the international legion.
Three thousand American volunteers are ready to confront Russia in Ukraine as part of an international battalion.
This is reported by "Voice of America" ââwith reference to the representative of the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington.
Among those who wish are veterans of military operations in Iraq and other hot spots worldwide.
In total, more than 16,000 foreign volunteers are sent to Ukraine. Citizens of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, and Israel were among the first to arrive. About one and a half hundred volunteers from the United Kingdom have already decided to take the side of Ukraine. Citizens of Georgia, Croatia, France, and other countries declared their intention to join the ranks of the international legion.
Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the first of 16,000 foreign volunteers were already going to defend Ukraine.
Ukraine receives weapons every day from our partners. From real friends. Every day more and more powerful weapons. Ukraine already meets foreign volunteers who go to our country. The first of 16 thousand. They go to defend freedom. To defend life. For us. For everyone. And it will be successful. I'm sure
Volodymyr Zelensky