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About 40 thousand foreign soldiers arrived in Kyiv to fight against Russian invaders – Canadian TV presenter

“About 40 thousand foreign fighters (military and ex-military) made it to Kyiv. So many Canadians that they gave them their own unit (500 and their number is growing),” wrote Blundell.

The TV presenter referred to information received from a former military man who is in the capital of Ukraine.



In Ukraine foreign legion formed, and there are a lot of volunteers ready to fight for Ukraine. Aleksey Arestovich, Advisor to the Head of the President’s Office, stated this at a briefing on February 27.

February 27 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky urged foreign citizens join the international legion of territorial defense of Ukraine. “Everyone who wants to join the defense of security in Europe and the world can come and stand side by side with Ukrainians against the invaders of the 21st century. According to the regulation on military service in the Armed Forces by foreigners and stateless persons, foreigners have the right to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine for military service under a contract on a voluntary basis, including in the ranks of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the President recalled.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced on March 6 that volunteers from 52 countrieswho will join the international legion to fight the Russian invasion.

Division of the International Legion also created under the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraineit has already begun combat missions.

Context:

On the morning of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the invasion Russian troops in Ukraine. He stated that the goal of the Russian Federation is “the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.” At about 05:00 Russian armed forces attacked Ukraine from the south, north (including from the territory of Belarus) and east. They started shell Ukrainian positions in the Donbass, launched missile and bomb strikes on a number of airfields and other military facilities in Ukraine. Russian troops attack residential areas, kindergartens And hospitals. RF applies in Ukraine multiple launch rocket systems “Grad” and “Hurricane”, inflicts air strikes.

On March 7, the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that from 4.00 on February 24, the victims of Russian aggression against Ukraine at least 406 civilians became, wounded 801. The organization noted that the real figures are much higher, because from places where there are intense battles, the information arrives late and still needs to be confirmed. On March 8, Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov confirmed the information about over 400 killed and over 800 wounded civilians at the hands of Russian soldiers.

The President of Ukraine spoke about the losses among Ukrainian military personnel for the last time on February 25 – the first day of the war, according to him, 137 soldiers died.

Losses of Russian invaders as of March 8 amounted to more than 12 thousand people killed, wounded and captured. Also, according to the General Staff, the Russian Federation lost during this period 303 tanks, 1036 armored combat vehicles, 120 artillery systems, 56 multiple launch rocket systems, 27 air defense systems, 48 ​​aircraft, 80 helicopters, 474 vehicles, three ships, 60 tanks with fuels and lubricants and seven operational-tactical unmanned aerial vehicles.

February 27 Ukraine filed a lawsuit against Russia in the International Court of Justice, demanding “to bring Russia to justice for distorting the concept of genocide to justify aggression.” Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan personally initiated an investigation into the Russian invasion of Ukraineand March 3 announced the start of the investigation. March 7 Hearings begin at the UN court in The Hague on the lawsuit of Ukraine against Russia on genocide.

Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Western countries have imposed sanctions against Russia, including personal ones against Putin. After the imposition of sanctions in Russia updated historical highs of the fall the ruble against the euro and the dollar. sanctions measures led to the collapse of the economy of the aggressor country. Sanctions set to expand further.

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