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Ukraine's Government Opens Website To Recruit Foreigners To 'International Legion'
2022-03-07
[Radio Free Europe] KYIV -- Ukraine's government has started a website to recruit foreign volunteers to an "international legion" to fight invading Russian troops, following repeated calls by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for outsiders to join in his country's defense.

His office announced the website's launch on March 5 and said, "foreigners who want to help Ukraine can find a detailed, step-by-step instruction on the website on how to join the just fight with the aggressor."

It suggested that people contact the Ukrainian Embassy in their respective countries.

Such participation in foreign conflicts is banned in many countries.

The UN Mercenary Convention of 2001 also prohibits the recruitment, use, financing, and training of mercenaries.

The Ukrainian recruitment website says contracts with the government can be signed on arrival in Ukraine.

Zelenskiy has said several times that Ukraine welcomes foreigners who want to join Ukrainian forces fighting Russian troops since their invasion began on February 24.
Posted by:Dmitri Yanolakov

#25  ^ When it comes to capital allocation that's more or less true. For at least the last year all the geniuses (e.g., Larry Fink of Blackrock) have been pushing an ESG investing agenda and starving oil and gas. Oops. But as our greatest native philosopher told us “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
Posted by: Matt   2022-03-07 18:55  

#24  The leftest tree huggers are in control.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-03-07 18:19  

#23  Why the fuck is Biden doing this? Sanctions are just killing the US economy

Now the market is in a total rout.. Dow down 800 points
NASDAQ down almost 4%
All the gains of the last 2 years have been wiped out
We're back to the bottom and worse is yet to come

What the FUCK do they think they're doing?
Wall Street Strategists Cut US Stock Outlook
Ed Yardeni sees S&P drop to 4000
Posted by: Thurt Slusoling4186   2022-03-07 18:03  

#22  Good discussion and maps here, from Юрий Подоляка:
Война на Украине (07.03.22 на 19:00): Изюм взят, за Гуляйполе идёт бой

Изюм взят = IZYUM HAS BEEN TAKEN. Big news indeed.
Posted by: Lionel Darling of the Mongol Horde7859   2022-03-07 13:54  

#21  "Ukraine museums desperately work to preserve priceless Hunter Biden paintings."
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-03-07 13:50  

#20  What do you mean "we," WhiteCon?
Posted by: No Fortunate Son   2022-03-07 13:07  

#19  
^
Who is "we"?
Most on this site want both sides to lose.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735   2022-03-07 12:57  

#18  BREAKING: The strategic city of Izyum has fallen. Beginning of the end in the East.

Was it really so wise to put all our chips on the Little Bandit in Kiev? What were they thinking?

Posted by: No Fortunate Son   2022-03-07 12:33  

#17  Trolls will not be banned.

However, their work will be graded and if found wanting, severely mocked.
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-03-07 11:49  

#16  Bravo on #14. My first good laugh of the day.
Posted by: Classical_Liberal   2022-03-07 07:56  

#15  ^ Heh heh
Posted by: Frank G   2022-03-07 06:56  

#14  

[shoots Andriy in back of head]

"Uh oh, Andriy is... uhh down!"

[throws gren at nearby phalanx of 'legionaires']

"бог! There go Bohdan and Dymytrus and Boryslav! We must regroup!"
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-03-07 04:28  

#13  I see.

I'd have a couple thousand Moscow loyalists and mercs infiltrate at right about this time. With uncle Sòròs and German bankers footing the bills, it'd be win-win-win.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-03-07 04:25  

#12   Rather than banning people, we encourage them to step up their game. Or we mock them savagely. Oftentimes, both at once.
Also known as Chew Toys.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2022-03-07 01:13  

#11  Don't get me started on Tim Conway...
Posted by: No Fortunate Son   2022-03-07 00:55  

#10  you can learn an awful lot from the folks at Rantburg, just sayin'
Posted by: 746   2022-03-07 00:52  

#9  Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin' If you don't stop drivin' that Hot..
Rod..
Lincoln
Posted by: No Fortunate Son   2022-03-07 00:49  

#8  Now, Vern, it's important to be Ernest. Or at least be like Jim
know whuttamean?
Posted by: No Fortunate Son   2022-03-07 00:37  

#7  Rather than banning people, we encourage them to step up their game. Or we mock them savagely. Oftentimes, both at once.
Posted by: SteveS   2022-03-07 00:34  

#6  ^^ 🤣
Posted by: badanov   2022-03-07 00:30  

#5  I just don't like "Angaiper Ulavins1210." Really D-U-M-B. Gets in my craw, know whuttamean Vern?

Can't you ban him or something? Pretty please?
Posted by: No Fortunate Son   2022-03-07 00:30  

#4  8am in St Peters. Let's get to work, people!

This being the 21st century, I don't see why we are having wars in meat-space when we could do them virtually. Let's settle this in CS:GO or Arma 3 like civilized people.
Posted by: SteveS   2022-03-07 00:27  

#3  *sigh* And your earlier iteration had made such progress, Mr. No. It really undermines the claims you were making about your background, which is a shame — I prefer to believe my interlocutors, as doubting takes so much more energy.

And flame wars are boring. We got that out of our system back in the single digits of this century.

Posted by: trailing wife   2022-03-07 00:25  

#2  Nominate your favorite chicken hawks to enlist in the John McStain Brigade here:

1. Bill Ackman: made $2.6 billion manipulating COVID hysteria ("I had a dream...") in 2020, now trying to maneuver us into war so he can scam another cool couple billion

2. Miss Lindsey and Miss Amy Klobu-Comb

3. Our own "Angaiper Ulavins1210", all brawn (no room for brains) - virtual brawn anyway
Posted by: No Fortunate Son    2022-03-07 00:15  

#1  Aux armes, neocons!!

Allons, enfants de notre Neo-cons,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !!
Posted by: No Fortunate Son   2022-03-07 00:08  

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