Posted on 03/15/2022 5:10:44 AM PDT by McGruff
They are idealists who abandoned their jobs for the battlefields of Ukraine, looking for a cause or simply to fight.
The Ukrainian president’s call for foreign volunteers to join an international brigade to help bolster his country’s defense with a new layer of resistance to Russia’s invasion is for now a ragtag army.
Recruits say they are often waiting for weapons and training, leaving them feeling exposed.
“Pure hell: fire, shouting, panic. And a lot more bombs and missiles.”
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Fools
“Recruits say they are often waiting for weapons and training, leaving them feeling exposed.”
Training? They showed up to a war zone for training?...
“Foreigners — some of whom have never handled a firearm yet but are ready to die — have arrived in Ukraine from other European countries, the United States and elsewhere. They are hoping to get equipped, instructed and made battle-ready. “
So they expected to get 8 weeks of basic training or something? Weekend passes to tour the country...?
No,
They are behind the lines...you know thats where the training takes place typically. Believe it or not, when a good part of Russia was occupied, Russia was training soldiers too behind the lines...
Amazing I know, but true!
“They showed up to a war zone for training?...”
According to reports a bunch of them got training on incoming missile strikes the other day. That was probably some valuable training.
My first thought. Steel is a harsh cure for romanticism.
I am referring to WWII occupied by germany...
I’m guessing that was out of sheer necessity.
These dudes are definitely going to die.
For their sake I hope they are issued cyanide pills because they will wish they were dead if the Russian military catches them.
the first thing they( these volunteer psychos) need to do is be forced to buy a body bag and be required to carry it with them at all times.
Cannon fodder
Dummies.
The famed Reddit Brigade thought they’d show up and be promoted to honorary colonels or get to do cool special forces stuff instead learned that fighting a modern conventional army was not what they imagined.
did they bring their own body bags with them?
Typical brainwashed idiots. Already looking for the complaint department.
It’s not like a video game with cool weapons laying in front of you when you level up... Or 3 lives and “spawn armor”.
Never trained, no weapons, and no Geneva protections.
All around a solid plan.
“Foreign fighters in Ukraine await weapons in chaos of war”
More FAKE NEWS. Russia sent them 30 cruise missiles on Sunday morning.
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