Are foreign fighters a blessing or a curse for Ukraine?

Ruth PollardBloomberg
Mar 21, 2022 | 12:56 IST

Tens of thousands of volunteers are heading for Ukraine for battle, repeating scenarios that have not ended well in past wars

Ukraine has most of the world on its side. It now has as many as 20,000 foreign fighters, too.


From former members of the US, British and Canadian militaries to citizens from Japan, Jamaica and Europe and an Edinburgh grandfather, volunteer soldiers from across the globe have signed up — at the invitation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy himself — to help fight Russia’s invasion.
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