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This is a list of militaries that recruit foreign applicants. This includes any individuals who are aliens of the polity whose armed forces they are being recruited to join by professional recruiters. The foreigners do not need to be legal residents of that nation, but may gain legal residence status by joining the armed forces.
Most foreign fighters arrived throughout the summer of 2014, [15] and on 6 October 2014 the Ukrainian parliament voted to allow foreigners to join the Ukrainian military. [16] While these units have officially been integrated into the Ukrainian Armed Forces, some units such as the Georgian Legion still exercise some autonomy. [17]
The Russo-Ukraine War has seen two distinct waves of foreign fighters: the 2014 wave to join Ukrainian volunteer battalions and pro-Russia separatist groups during the War in the Donbas phase and the post-Russian Invasion of Ukraine wave starting in 2022.
President Zelensky said: "Every friend of Ukraine who wants to join Ukraine in defending the country please come over, we will give you weapons."
Arm badge of the Kyiv City Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support. The Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support (TCC and SP or TCC) (Ukrainian: Територіальний центр комплектування та соціальної підтримки, ТЦК та СП or ТЦК) [1] is Ukraine's military administration body that keeps military records [] and ...
The 25-year-old has no military experience and just became eligible to be conscripted after Ukraine lowered the age men can be drafted from 27 to 25 last month. “I love my country,” he said in ...
In March and April 2023, during the Battle of Bakhmut with Ukrainian forces rapidly losing ground in the direction of the city, the 3rd Battalion of the Legion alongside several teams including the Kenobi Death Korps, as part of Bravo I Company, from the 1st Battalion participated in the defense of Bakhmut. The International Legion regarded the ...
The Norman Brigade (Ukrainian: Норманська бригада, romanized: Normansʹka Bryhada) is a foreign unit composed of foreign volunteers that was formed in early 2022. The unit is formed by veterans and volunteers from Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Germany, Spain, France, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Portugal, Italy, Jordan ...