Putin Orders Recruitment And Sending Of “Volunteer” Fighters To Ukraine In Response To Arrival Of “Mercenaries”

The Russian President, Vladimir Putinordered his army on Friday to facilitate the sending of “volunteer” fighters to Ukraine in response, according to the president, to the arrival of “mercenaries” from Western countries.

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“If they see people who want to go voluntarily, and not for money, to help the people who live in the donbas (East of Ukraine), you have to get close to them and make it easier for them to get to the combat zone,” said Putinresponding to a proposal from his defense minister.

According to him, this is justified because “Western partners of the Ukrainian regime do not even hide” and openly gather “mercenaries from all over the world to send them to Ukraine.”

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Ukraine announced the creation of a legion of volunteer foreigners integrated into its armed forces to fight the Russian military on its territory.

Russia has been accused for years of resorting to private paramilitaries, such as those of the Wagner group nebula, and of deploying them in conflict territories such as Syria, the Central African Republic or Mali.

It has also been accused of having formed, in this way, the pro-Russian armed separatist rebellion of the donbas Ukrainian in 2014.

Putin He also told his defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, to back his idea of ​​supplying separatist forces in the east with weapons seized from Ukraine, “especially western-made ones.”

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Source: Elcomercio

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