International fighters joining Ukrainian foreign legion | CTV News in Lviv

CTV National News London Bureau Correspondent Daniele Hamamdjian spoke to Damien Magrou, spokesperson for the International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine, about the unit's goals.
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[@alexanderdixon3851]

This is an excellent discussion and a pragmatic and compassionate way of incorporating these international volunteers. There is no mileage in quibbling over what is, or is not the definition if a mercenary. If you are fighting for what you believe is right, surely this is the impiotant point, whether you draw a salary for your job or not?

[@jackgauthier2701]

I would have to disagree with your last sentence, what you believe is right maybe not right for someone else ie; Dickhead Putin believes he's right. Yes you would think that this is an important point, but rules are rules, discipline is key in situations of mayhem. Discipline; structure; order. Can't have everyone running around the battle field shooting at anything that moves can you. Just my two cents.

[@jasonm949]

So, you're over there fighting then?

[@JK-dv3qe]

it really doesn't matter what you call yourself when a hypersonic missile is inbound to your location

[@1badcrow463]

Volunteer to go to Ukrainia to accept a Darwin award.... Not a very intelligent bunch are they ?

[@benjaminsambul7104]

It made me so proud hearing that the largest number of foreign volunteer fighters came from America!

[@JK-dv3qe]

a lot of americans got taken out in the strike on the barracks in Lviv 👍

[@benjaminsambul7104]

@Doctor Keith Maybe if I was younger, I'm 60. I can still be proud of my fellow citizens.

[@lvanvan]

@@benjaminsambul7104 well you can cheerleading ucrainians and others to fight and warmongering... typical american stuff ... have a nice day by the way :)

[@sigmasix3719]

It’s a stupid fascist gun nut magnet 🧲 they will NOT missed

[@TransportSupremo]

@@JK-dv3qe died fighting for democracy. No more noble cause

[@JustMe-nf1mf]

He's right! Can't just have know nothing yahoos & war tourists running around!

[@Handleswag12321]

Well guess what there is it’s a joke z will use anyone , go to Spain jump on aid truck boom you’re there ,

[@Cayscasi]

Do mandatory service in the norwegian military count as " seasoned fighters"

[@Larindarr]

it is training 🤷‍♀️

[@Cayscasi]

@@Larindarr yes but not active combat

[@nian60]

I read somewhere that two Finnish blokes with only military service were rejected. The Legion seems to want at least 2 years military experience. What you can do is contact the Ukraine embassy in Norway and ask them.

[@vangelisgru7271]

Seasoned means a season of active combat. Be it guarding borders or military engagement. Being at a base, training is not becoming seasoned.

[@TransportSupremo]

Probably yes

[@allidusedup]

My right ear really enjoyed this.

[@GoodEnoughAay]

Thought I was the only one 😂

[@dproulx222]

Wish I had military combat experience and I would be going to volunteer..... I'm a little old being in my late 40's but still fit and more than capable of filling a niche within the International Legion of Ukraine.

[@bookreaderson]

Don’t. Your will be a mine feild finder

[@RachmadaniFAG]

You want to become cannon fodder? Please don't try to be a hero

[@tazrugby]

You are not old. An old Air Force buddy of mine arrived lsdt month. He is 65

[@dproulx222]

@@tazrugby Ukraine has stopped taking volunteers otherwise I would go... I'd love to help Ukraine in anyway I can. What exactly is your buddy doing? Where is he located?

[@tazrugby]

@@dproulx222 He has not contacted me since arriving in Kherson right after the Ukrainians took it back. Is with a group of Americans and Israelis. In Kherson. Seems to have disappeared. He has big connections from above. He has built and managed Communications systems all over the world. They are aware of his expertise. They can use his knowledge if the war ever stops.

[@graememccaig723]

What is the reply time from sending email and getting response back from official department? Thanks

[@alimehdi341]

Maybe the volunteers he send back home that they don't have experience may fight and not leave the legion like the persons with military experience did.

[@Handleswag12321]

No one gets sent back , beilieve me they use anyone ukr

[@alimehdi341]

I wish i could go for a war but Ukrainian embassy in my country won't looks serious about this ongoing war.

[@joseboquitasdelacoronilla7648]

The laws of humanity is to be free to choose, and that is why we should all fight for. If any country has laws to stop an individual, from helping his fellowmen, that leader should also be thrown out. This is the new era "INTERNATIONAL FIGHTERS". I like this better. I just hope they don't take over the world.

[@logan5026]

Honestly in theory everyone working together to bring the world together doesn’t sound bad at all honestly but I think we know that’s not how it would be implemented

[@joseboquitasdelacoronilla7648]

I agree with you,

[@wyatterb4124]

how'd that work out?

[@valerianebeaulieu5416]

Très intéressant. Très belle entrevue, journaliste remarquable. Informations pertinentes. Merci!

[@yamasan5948]

Thank you International volunteers, stop Putin's agression against Ukraine 💙💛🇺🇦

[@omicrondelta249]

Putins aggression is against NATO No NATO, no war. Kinda simple.

[@mcdanky9461]

Seems pretty organized to me

[@RudolfStrelkov]

In till Russians send them presents

[@dproulx222]

@@RudolfStrelkov It's war.... Nothing ever goes as planned. You do your best to help the person next to you....

[@svenkikals-hallstrom6200]

Some of these "volunteers" have no military experience, that is a fact.

[@residentevil8893]

Im joining cuz i have military experience how long does it take after u ask

[@curly-3606]

🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇺🇦

[@jimsween2074]

I have combat experience. Do they have sign on bonuses?

[@Screwby_Jones6200]

Depends on rank and combat experience brother.

[@huntergreen1988]

Heroes

[@omicrondelta249]

They will be buried with full honors

[@WiseOwl_1408]

Did their camp get destroyed by missiles or no?

[@nian60]

Not, obviously.

[@judastadeu5081]

All the javelin and stingray missiles were destroyed too.

[@misslola6919]

Yes

[@sys3248]

Yep they're running back to Poland border looking to exit the country. Some French and Canadian members have posted their actual situations in Ukraine urging that nobody else going there.

[@edmc1000]

@@judastadeu5081 , certainly not all shoulder fired missiles destroyed as daily Russian soldiers meet their death. Glory to Ukraine.

[@LostLeftyLimb]

She was a little abrasive like she was interrogating him and not interviewing him.

[@marcegrecco53]

I’m 69 years old, an American, if I was 30 years younger I would go and join to help Ukraine

[@Legolasoxyfoxy]

All Ukrainian’s say thank you, so much 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@TransportSupremo]

@@toms7695 may as well have said any other irrelevant country mate

[@wolfthequarrelsome504]

Why?

[@taiven.lechevalier]

Fantastic interview. They both did such a great job. He gave concise, coherent, and important information, and she let him say what he had to say. SLAVA UKRAINE!

[@omicrondelta249]

There are slaves in Ukraine?

[@Ronnyyyyyy]

How to processing join for India

[@nian60]

Talk to the Ukrainian Embassy in India.

[@neme4sat]

Ask Modi if he is OK with you going to fight against his buddy Putin.

[@d34154]

Better polish that English 1st mate. U knw to avoid misunderstanding

[@noahsmith8128]

What about someone who doesn't have combat experience?

[@johncastle8007]

He must be on a shaving profile😂

[@Sam-sv4yy]

Slava Ukraini and free nations

[@ceejfletcher]

Did this guy say his got no experience? Though his a Sargent?

[@thegoldensnitch6312]

He works in recruitment and public relations, and it’s pretty evident that he is very experienced. Its the same as putting doctor or a dentist in uniform and handing them a Major rank slide.

[@Shanti09789]

He's logistics/Admin... he knows where he serves best and isn't faking it.

[@nian60]

He speaks 5 languages. So he is useful for public relations.

[@_OscarIvan]

How are they turning every foreigner away with no combat experience but putting rifles in every Ukraine’s hand?

[@Shanti09789]

Because the civilians are in their own country... and NOT regulated/organized by the FORIEGN Legion... Totally different organizations

[@eovius]

Militias and regular army are not considered the same, diplomacy-wise

[@dominadors4795]

Ukrainians are defending their own land and their families and will fight with what they have, so giving them guns and training them to use them is better than leaving them unarmed and untrained to use those weapons.

[@_OscarIvan]

@@Shanti09789 Exactly, with so many arms out and chaos going on, who’s to say foreign fighters aren’t being organized differently than whatever this guy is saying

[@nian60]

Because the Ukrainians are in their own country.

[@omicrondelta249]

Any leader who stays comfortably inside while their countrymen die defending the lines is a coward and should not be trusted.

[@bpanhkpnkmyp1530]

If I was to go to the Legion to help Ukraine, this guy will be the last guy that I would trust. He is way too pompous for somebody with no military experience

[@ajung2839]

I want to join legion

[@libertarian4life221]

Still waiting

[@jthanrubio1126]

How long has it been?

[@tommyhallum2054]

If you are just going over there to play Rambo and you're not willing to follow orders then just stay home.

[@dproulx222]

If you are going to Ukraine to help and serve in any capacity then it is a plus.......

[@Onethirtytwo]

From 10,000 miles away, I could see that the western route in and out of Ukraine funneling fighters in and refugees out was going to get attacked one day; three days later, Lavoriv was bombed. How come you could't see that from where your standing?

[@hugo5481]

Will you take prison guards?

[@SteveWard151]

if i was 5-10 years younger

[@AcidGubba]

Nothing would happen…

[@Onethirtytwo]

@@AcidGubba Yep!

[@Handleswag12321]

Did he drop the z , lol

[@JK-dv3qe]

was he taken out in the Lviv strike?

[@nian60]

Who? The guy in the video? He's in London.

[@JK-dv3qe]

@@nian60 ah, so we wasn't taken out with that hypersonic missile then

[@bookreaderson]

Cannon fodder. Just in September all got chased out of Afghanistan. This revenge stuff will make u mine feild finder

[@shivutejeremia3687]

how do i join i am from a third world country how do i join the is no embassy of ukraine in namibia

[@peterkephart7955]

What this guy is saying directly contradicts reports from volunteers who have been there and then turned around to run the other way.

[@dracov6664]

Tu byłem.Tony Halik 202

[@wardwind5013]

Task Force 141

[@Tom-kt8lu]

Is this guy a spy?

[@jumbome7420]

I would of thought those big brave truckers fighting for freedoms would be tripping over themselves to go for freedoms that are actually in jeopardy

[@floatingleaf9672]

With that logic, the homeless could build homes in Haiti and homes will magically build themselves over here...

[@fungibu7184]

amen, brother!

[@redpilldiogenes4741]

Clown

[@justcurious3525]

Get over it, clown.

[@gordonshrubb7155]

Goober

[@user-io5cd2ni4k]

Please help Ukraine. Only together we can stop putin! We will win!

[@censortube7160]

Put down the crack pipe...

[@nian60]

Slava Ukraini. 💛💙

[@JK-dv3qe]

LOL!

[@sigmasix3719]

@@nian60 🦇💩🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡w⚓️

[@Legolasoxyfoxy]

@@nian60 we all understand “Glory to Ukraine” to

[@andreas65muc]

No one was hit? What is with the canadian Sniper ...?

[@nian60]

Wali is fine.

[@JK-dv3qe]

@@nian60 nobody have seen him since the base got blown to smithereens

[@PBurns-ng3gw]

Snipers never die. They just go back down to Hell and regroup.

[@d34154]

@@nian60 lol.

[@centermass3454]

Why didnt you ask him about the Legion volunteers being sent to Kiev with 10 bullets and or no weapon and no body armor ?

[@TheAstroKid]

Yeah I heard about that story

[@ogilvienator]

Your talking rubbish mate

[@nian60]

You will get sanctioned back to the Middle Ages. Back to oxen and carts for you. All your money will go to rebuilding Ukraine.

[@Diegoshadow85]

Because it's not true and you've been swindled by couple of reddit putin trolls dude. Or more likely you are one yourself.

[@skmaduevil]

Utter RUBBISH.

[@kylearmstrong3935]

They can leave if they want. Really…

[@nian60]

Yup. Why would they want you there, if you don't want to be there? You'd only be in the way.

[@markmomoko1600]

they want every able-bodied to be there as a shield which is why they are sending any foreign fighters to the front lines in Kiev and elsewhere because they figure why sacrifice a Ukrainian soldier when you can sacrifice some dumb liberal from England or Canada.

[@Diegoshadow85]

They are not ruskies bro, they don't keep their unwanted citizens in gulags.

[@holeef...v2994]

@@Diegoshadow85 hahaha, banderas are nice guys, you can leave when u want hahaha

[@qaudit1612]

we would need free air planes ticket from Gouverment , air canada , polish air lines ...

[@dproulx222]

Volunteers can afford to make their way to Ukraine.... Volunteers have always been an important part of war efforts...

[@qaudit1612]

@@dproulx222 if you can afford it , go then

[@ugsisr]

No matter how he defines their purpose.......Mercenaries.

[@mantykaa]

bandera = sabaka

[@monsieurfoupierre]

sent to the front with no weapons? is this true?

[@monsieurfoupierre]

@@2SecondsAgo thank you

[@headhunterkonyak4337]

All will die a dog's death, Urraaaaaaa

[@peterkephart7955]

You have to be out of your mind to get involved in this conflict.

[@NL-fb9wg]

foolish

[@sigmasix3719]

@Untold 🥸🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪😜😜😜☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️🤤

[@kilofoxtrotdelta6112]

They are called mercenaries, you know soldiers who fight for a foreign nation for money. I don't know if you need to look it up.

[@nian60]

Do you mean that the volunteers are mercenaries? No, they are volunteers. Maybe you don't understand what a mercenary is? For example, Ukraine could never pay Swedes more than what they earn in Sweden. Yet at least 400 Swedes have gone to volunteer in Ukraine so far. So why would a Swede go to Ukraine as a mercenary in a war, when they can earn much more money doing a nice office job in Sweden? Same for the other volunteers from various rich countries.

[@ceejfletcher]

Mate, go join Wagner

[@kilofoxtrotdelta6112]

@@nian60 Mercenary = a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army. Maybe you should read a dictionary.

[@jackgauthier2701]

A Mercenary gets paid! A volunteer doesn't simple not hard to understand!

[@kilofoxtrotdelta6112]

@@jackgauthier2701 yeah they get paid.

[@ceejfletcher]

Two weeks and his a snake

[@alizasuna2032]

And they can leave if they want. aha ok right.

[@JK-dv3qe]

riiiiighhhttttt........

[@sigmasix3719]

Only if their relatives bring a body bag and arrange transport in a refrigerated cargo hold, these suckers are all going to die.

[@nian60]

@Aliza Suna Yup. Why would they want you there, if you don't want to be there? You'd only be in the way.

[@sunbaba5536]

I heard their camp got blown up, 180 dead, the rest fled to Poland

[@JK-dv3qe]

that is true. russians hit another training centre/barracks just yesterday too. 👍

[@nian60]

You will get sanctioned back to the Middle Ages. Back to oxen and carts for you. All your money will go to rebuilding Ukraine.

[@neme4sat]

You heard that did you? From who?

[@qqwweedd1qqwweedd576]

Unchecked info, are you russian bots?

[@NeoMororo]

Canon fodders .

[@michaelbarrett8731]

travelling to a foreign country to be used as fodder on the front line is no way to die

[@ivantoxie]

Sounds like your describing Russian soldiers.

[@harryzahn2319]

Money calls, mercenary psychopaths.

[@nian60]

The rouble is worthless so you'll be starving soon.

[@maihem1]

shut up Russia bot

[@RemoveChink]

Ah yes, mercenaries fighting for money at minimum wage at home.

[@WhiteDragon689]

1 Russian Ruble equals 0.0096 United States Dollar. I'd pay them $10 USD just to desert and leave.

[@Aa-wc3vy]

230$ you call that money

[@RudolfStrelkov]

Dead meets 150%

[@jasonm949]

The legion is stealing all the kit you show up with. DON'T GO.

[@Wulwstan]

Confirmed info ?

[@andriyshepard3095]

@@Wulwstan source: trust me bro

[@ms8158]

Some no experience sergeant stole your kit? 😂

[@nian60]

@Jason M How is the rouble doing, comrade? Can you still buy bread?

[@jasonm949]

@@nian60 Why aren't you over there fighting? Chickenhawk.

[@hermes1529]

🇷🇺❤️🇷🇺❤️🇷🇺❤️🇷🇺❤️

[@user-hk8yp7cw1v]

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@hermes1529]

@@user-hk8yp7cw1v 🇷🇺♥️🇷🇺

[@hermes1529]

@@2SecondsAgo 🇷🇺♥️🇷🇺

[@hermes1529]

@@2SecondsAgo 🇷🇺♥️🇷🇺

[@3SecondsAgo]

@@hermes1529 Slava Ukrani! Long live Ukraine!!!

[@albinasmith9110]

Glory to the heroes!!!