Legionaries - international Fighters Share Ukraine War Experience (Part I)

In this first hand Ukraine war documentary movie we get a detailed rare glimpse in to the experience of foreign fighters also known as Legionaries.
They share their stories and combat experience with us in interesting interviews out in the open despite the dangers of the modern battlefield.
Dive in and liste to their stories as they explain their motivation, why they fight and what they witnessed so far.
Also make sure to watch the video till the end to remind yourself that all this is real.
Legionaires Part I
Production: Teracast production
Producer: Alex Muzyka
Design: Elvis
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[@WarLeaker]

I am currently under bot attacks so every like and comment you guys leave here helps me out a lot! Also make sure to watch the video till the end. Something very unexpected happens...

[@mclarenf1gtr99]

Could you clarify what happen? Seemed like sound blast from jet flying low.

[@WhatPower22]

This war is sad and pointless. Power to the people

[@MICHAEL-wg2lh]

Ahhhh yes anyone that does not have a yellow n blue flag tattooed on their forehead and doesn't shout Slava this Slava that and deals in facts not emotional is a .. bot , got it

[@teutonsgaming]

@@mclarenf1gtr99 it was a bomb

[@Moxie.Blacksmith]

Watched this while knitting yet another rifle mitten for next winter, goes for unknown soldier of finnish foreign legion in UA. The way this part ended, what a mic drop

[@yuriprevitali6983]

Proud to be in this video 🇮🇹❤️🇺🇦

[@CathFawr]

@@yuriprevitali6983 ayyy

[@yuriprevitali6983]

@@CathFawr 🫡🫡

[@PalleRasmussen]

Thanks you for doing your part. Take care. BTW; Bergamo is a beautiful place.

[@yuriprevitali6983]

@@PalleRasmussen I know 😉🫡

[@PalleRasmussen]

@@yuriprevitali6983 take care. You are a good guy, doing what others cannot or fare not.

[@JHillNC]

Kenobi's Death Korp: What a bunch of absolute legends. Much respect to every one of you.

[@CathFawr]

Ay yo that's me dawg Surprised to see it come out on such a large channel 😅

[@ClashwithGodblin]

Who are you

[@juupajuu60]

@@ClashwithGodblin 13:10

[@shaggnar2014]

It you!

[@KozAndEffect]

Narcissistic

[@brianv1988]

Thanks for your sacrifice

[@masterxm1972]

That last bit... that got the heart pumping. Looking forward to part 2. Respect to all the Legionaries and all the armed forces of Ukraine.

[@PetronellaCoetzee]

Looking forward to part 2. Thank you to all the soldiers helping UKRAINE.

[@splicedice996]

Dont know wtf is with the algorithm since this vid should be more on the surface. Real good insight from people who are actually there and fighting. Real heroes.

[@steven401ytx]

I don't think these are fighters. Chosen Company fight because they turned up with the skill set. This lot seem to be PR assets.

[@MM22966]

I can't even imagine the stress Kenobi must have been under, doing all the jobs in the chain of command with no delegation, and in the middle of an invasion. He must have drank lots of tea/coffee.

[@CathFawr]

@@MM22966 he's a machine.

[@Dr.Bogdan.Lina.]

Great and Maximum Respect for you Guys. I bow before you. You are Heroes!

[@HeavyMetalKittenx]

This is a great documentary! Sucks KZbin is burying it. Can’t wait for part 2.

[@GkPhotographic]

you are all heros , defending a nation from terror , thank you from Dublin , im too old to fight or i would be at your side . thankyou for keeping the free world free

[@Jaxcreate]

Respect from New Zealand!

[@nealsmith5311]

Tank you so much for doing this. I have friends from Dnipro that are both involved in the conflict, and my wife and I organize sending money and packages. This video needs to be on the top of youtube!!!! Slava Ukraini!! Heroiam Slava!!!

[@miklek]

Excellent documentary. Respect and thank you!

[@jjflynn4640]

This was a gr8 well produced video. It was interesting 2 hear the volunteers motives nd I'm looking forward 2 d 2nd episode

[@maartent9697]

Kenobi been in the military voluntarily since he was 14/15 years old with dedication ☠☠☠

[@AFloridaGirl]

Keep it going boys! You got this!!

[@bananahammer321]

That’s my brother lukas! 🇳🇿🇨🇦

[@MsPam73]

He sure is. Can't wait to have our brother home & have the siblings back together again 🙏🫂✨️🫶💛

[@FrothyBark]

Shoutout to Lukas from Nova Scotia holding it down for us here in the Maritimes supporting Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@tissotmotogp88]

Thankyou #Halifax

[@bananahammer321]

thank you for supporting my brother😊

[@MsPam73]

That's my brother, Lukas 💪💛🫶✨️ he's been gone this 2nd time since May last year. Part 2 coming soon. Can't wait to have him home. Thank you so much to everyone who's supported him & his platoon & shared this video 🙏🫂

[@MsPam73]

​@bananahammer321 love you my brother. Family will be back together soon. Hope Lukas gets out soon. What an incredible platoon he's been part of. Respect to them all. So freakin badass

[@KnightNave]

great documentary, stay strong

[@keimolantio]

Suomi mainittu, torille ja grillille!

[@Moxie.Blacksmith]

torille !

[@LindaThompson-z3w]

Great to see a Kiwi and the Canadian who calls New Zealand home , Slava Ukraini ❤🙏🌿

[@mamindhive]

Slava military complex and black rock, Canon foddle for the elite, what a waste of life

[@GogiAmazin]

great documentary, keep going!

[@erl1544]

These people are true heros. Standing up against tyranny. Good on you!

[@FreeFallingAir]

Thanks for sharing your stories gentlemen. Respect and support from 🇺🇸

[@peterrobinson3440]

So impressed with these people. Heroes!!! Love and success to you all.

[@KateKosmo]

It's great to see so many different people from all over the world coming together for one cause & are on the right side of history.

[@ResonatorProductions]

Great insights of their experiences over there and Wow at the ending 👀 🇺🇦✌️

[@markaled4939]

Fantastic content, well done!

[@PulkaSkurken]

damn i wish i was at least 15 years younger, and my military service would not been to waste and could be used in Ukraine these people strike to my heart how they dont chicken out then they are in the "perfect" moment to help Ukraine. i do what i can from here in Sweden. thank you boys and girls for volunteering to help Ukraine at the frontline. My stance both before and after we did become NATO members is that NATO need to step in with soldiers and military vehicles to help Ukraine. not just sending stuff and tanks, they need soldiers to!

[@martinwashington3152]

This is an awesome stream to watch, so sorry to read you are being attacked by bots presently. Keep posting the quality footage :D

[@Kappytan]

Found this very insightful and interesting.

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

Excellent documentary, thanks for sharing, looking forward to part 2.

[@anon_ymous91]

That sonic boom was something else.

[@shaiaheyes2c41]

Thank you, and God bless you all! ❤ from Norway

[@warrennate9]

amazing ending. hopes for part 2!

[@javiermartinezjr8849]

Legendary upload ty sir

[@saje446]

love to Ukraine from Finland

[@tennis_coach]

Слава Україні!!! Брати та сестри по зброї, дякую за Вашу підтримку!!! Від серця до Сонця☝️☝️☝️

[@Captain-Donut]

❤️🙏 Love from Scotland 🙏❤️

[@milerale5286]

🇬🇧🇷🇺

[@R3ban3]

Great video!

[@dani.elledennis]

Cath! 😮 Stay safe ❤

[@_Saracen_]

Not often a video ends with a bang like that.

[@credecarter8429]

Great vids

[@HawksLead]

Thanks for sharing this one with us!

[@TAKBOI-ye3fm]

Excellent Video very informative Maximum Respect ++ Glory to International Legion

[@kevinp2593]

Couldn't stop watching dude really good 👍👍👍 and could you have planned a better end to the first part😮😅😊 I don't think so

[@pointyposeidon]

Look like a bunch of kids who don't know wtf they are doing lmao

[@beskydyk]

Remarkable. Amazing people, amazing movie.

[@xgreywolf1525]

Wonderful intro!

[@romanpopyk]

Great video, thank you for your content!

[@ghostlyoperator]

Great video.

[@Chris-sn6ck]

Thanks for all your hard work!!

[@ivowispelweij4052]

Al deze mannen en vrouwen zijn helden, en dan denk ik ook aan de mannen en vrouwen die niet in beeld zijn geweest. ALLE RESPECT❤

[@MrLaedu]

Thank you

[@betsm5842]

The world stands with Ukraine, stay strong.

[@shlamushaaretz5357]

Really really interesting, great doco.

[@slavensselection]

Thank you gentleman. Awesome.

[@JackMyersPhotography]

Still watching. This is truly fascinating. Seeing these modern adventurers serving for their cause is inspiring.

[@karlisluste772]

That's the thing, if you come as a fighter, you must fully comprehend and be devoted to UKRAINE'S cause not that of your own - to "be deployed", "got bored with construction work", etc... Much respect to everyone fighting for the Ukrainian cause, but maaan, some of these guys seemed sooo sketchy with their reasoning and understanding of things...

[@JHillNC]

​@@karlisluste772Don't mistake someone describing their circumstances at the time for their ideology. The people you describe have already left, died or never crossed the border in the first place.

[@OnlyMeatsQ]

“Russian’s fucked around, and now they are finding out”. This needs to be a shirt!!

[@milerale5286]

Yeah man, that’s why now in 2025 Ukraine has close to 1 million deaths

[@silverplan5]

Слава Україні! Слава ЗСУ! 🇺🇦 Slava Legionaries! ✌

[@plays8880]

Уже всё скоро закончится !

[@tommybrasco1]

Nothing but respect for these people

[@gilbhedy1]

Love to see Freya with a Canberra Raiders cap... please keep safe...Greetings from Oz... Slava Ukraini

[@CathFawr]

@@gilbhedy1 Oakland (Vegas) Raiders ;_;

[@maximkiritchenko4782]

Thank you all guys! Your help will never be forgotten by us, Ukrainians. You will always have a place in our hearts.

[@CheGuevara58]

Особенно та украинка, что подожгла себя у Дома Правительства!

[@thorstenguenther]

Thanks to all these heroes for their altruism and their bravery.

[@OzzieBenzC300]

Great vid. Thanks!

[@Grek1574]

Thats a great vid! thx

[@user-ks8ux4ig6b]

Very brave people. Thank you

[@rossr100]

You take care of yourself Kiwi✌🤘🥝

[@grexz1]

Ah, the jets are coming... =D

[@Allahuma.sali.ala.muhammad.]

LMFAO, it's like your mom coming home knowing you gonna get an ass whooping

[@twobucca]

Proud of everyone in this video.

[@milerale5286]

Proud of these nazzziss?

[@stieniczkagiulia8669]

Respect for every Single one.....I am praying for you guys that you stay safe❤

[@LeNomEstYves]

Hobbit is certified. Got injured, came back and did shit they'll probably talk about in history books. Absolute animal

[@TheMusicftw1]

How do you know what he's done?

[@AlluL_69]

​​@@TheMusicftw1 there's video of him when he got injured from over a year ago and now he's back according to this video the part that's going to be in history books is when he lost his kake randelin cd in a car which burned and was not paid for

[@johan8969]

Great interviews. Its always the combat medics who looks the most "worse for wear". Hobbit has seen some shit.

[@MonkeyLiggaScrumptiousNan]

Yeah, most sad part is even if he survives the war it probably will only make his pain worse without having that important purpose anymore and going back to civilian life and being left behind by society/government

[@Hobbit_UA]

@@MonkeyLiggaScrumptiousNanwell luckily the cas rate is huge in this war, so there’s still hope

[@MonkeyLiggaScrumptiousNan]

@@Hobbit_UA genuinely wish you well mate, i hope my comment didn’t seem like I was being an ass. I have unfortunately seen too many times veterans from a lot of nations get spit on and their sacrifices completely ignored once the hostility ends or at best briefly remembered just to save face, it’s awful how many people take them for granted.

[@Hobbit_UA]

@@MonkeyLiggaScrumptiousNan i understand)

[@johan8969]

@@Hobbit_UA Honoured to have you comment. You are doing work millions admire. Wish you all the best.

[@StudSupreme]

Would love to hear these mercs comment on how the russians are fighting. Not just "they're good" or "they're bad." I mean how they organize and execute at the squad, platoon, company and battalion level; why, when and how they bring support in (arty, tanks, air); that sort of thing. Can't really get anything out of the russian wargames and the videos they release, because it all looks kinda like a reenactment of the Battle of Kursk.

[@brianv1988]

Meat wave is how they do Tactical operations and scorched Earth that is how you can explain Russia's military tactics

[@fludblud]

Not there but know people that were, quality levels and organization of Russian units varies massively by unit and at different points in the war, there is no 'standard' on how Russian troops fight. At the start of the war the Russians were organised around Battalion Tactical Groups, but these proved impossible to properly resupply leading to heavy losses, so their survivors were consolidated into larger Soviet style brigades. Training is a mess and individual brigades handle their own basic training which can vary from three months to just three days. The quality of equipment basically depends on the unit's sponsors and access to independent capital, some are trained on par to NATO and outfitted with the best gear while others force their own troops to pay for ammunition and throw prisoners, kidnapped migrant workers and invalids into frontal assaults. The Russian army is basically a roll of the dice thats held together by sheer numbers and plentiful wartime production of ammunition. There is no other way to fight it other than maintaining a healthy grinding kill ratio with better precision weaponry and technological supremacy.

[@StudSupreme]

@@fludblud Thanks, bro 🙂

[@FreeRojava2025]

They are not mercenaries

[@mikeiso8963]

4:47 love the Finns. Their willingness to STFU but also be the funniest ppl you know is unmatched.

[@milerale5286]

Finns are well known for supporting nazzis

[@solo_jay]

Wow intense ending

[@namesurname-m7e]

Great story!

[@johntaylor-lo8qx]

Fighting a war and paying to be there is insane !!!This is gonna lead to huge probkems. Fresh meat for the grinder. These are true warriors no question. But at some point we need to think about why we are doing what we are doing. Gr8 show ✌️.

[@123changeling]

that's what we call a cliffhanger ending :D

[@4Mama_Bear]

Absolutely watch until the end. Thank you, brave warriors, for protecting the world against terrorism.

[@BledarHajro-hq4vf]

Grande Iuri Previtali forza e coraggio 💪💪💪🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@lukaswatts8422]

I hope this does well

[@DarkHarborDefense]

We just applied to the Legion. We are eager to get out there and do our part!

[@tobeforgottenisworsethande8995]

How hard is it to get accepted? I don't have military experience but I definitely have something to offer

[@tissotmotogp88]

​@@tobeforgottenisworsethande8995the Ukrainian foreign legion has a website with all the info and questions answered you need and how to join, you don't have to be former military.

[@milerale5286]

You won’t last for 1 week

[@JosephMartin-xw3wh]

Stay safe ! Do your best n thanks for your actions

[@Rivfaderinf]

Heroes!

[@lordhumungus1386]

pozdrav Luka iz Rijeke i sretno!

[@MM22966]

Most of these guys check the blocks for traditional soldiers of fortune: experienced professional soldiers looking to fight in another war or blue collar civilians bored at home and looking for an adventure/cause. Some come across a little different, though, such as Luka. And Hobbit. That man had just had a bad time recently, is wired differently, or maybe is just Finnish.

[@MonkeyLiggaScrumptiousNan]

@@MM22966 yeah you’ve gotta give it to hobbit it’s clear as day that mans heart is in the right place and he cares about the people he’s fighting for/with.

[@TeeChan7]

the fuck?! did that broke the sound barrier? My Volume was low!

[@tissotmotogp88]

It was an airstrike 70 meters away

[@sparker4614]

💙💛💙

[@cesaryamilcanals4832]

Son héroes también por luchar por una patria ajena ,los admiro y valoro mucho ,como decimos acá en PR 🇵🇷tienen cojones de verdad ,Dios los bendiga y ustedes hacen una gran diferencia ,gloria a Ucrania 🇺🇦,gloria a los héroes 🇺🇦🙏🏻✌🏻🌎🇵🇷

[@alessandrobuglione7168]

Grande yuri. Sei un orgoglio italiano, gloria a te e a tutti i ragazzi che combattono per il mondo libero 🇮🇹🇺🇦🤞

[@GuscioRosso]

Per diventare tutti africani ❤

[@alessandrobuglione7168]

​@@GuscioRosso vai in Russia e vedi che fine fai con i daghestani , i nordafricani ti sembreranno innocui in confronto 🤣🤣🤣

[@GuscioRosso]

I dagestani in Russia sono trattati da sotto uomini. A differenza di noi che ci facciamo calpestare a casa nostra pure dalle nostre donne. ​@@alessandrobuglione7168

[@monochuchang1951]

I ❤ be in there supporting them but I can't afford the expenses so I'm remembering them in prayer. God be with Ukrainian SLAVA UKRAINE. ❤ From North East India.

[@default7438]

You can see everything by his emotions and how scared they are if they RU planes are comming. Everything is in the eyes, the FEAR

[@Batchelli]

The end was just a jet passing... damn.

[@Saiko4308]

wtf happened at the end. Really scared the shit out of me

[@CathFawr]

It was a bomb.

[@liamrichards8016]

@@ChristopherGray00 bro that person was literally there fighting lmao i think they'd know

[@CathFawr]

@@ChristopherGray00 I was there. I ended up in hospital because of another one they dropped.

[@liamrichards8016]

@CathFawr hope you're doing well. I remember you leaving to Ukraine after the send off on NP and when I heard your voice I was like no way is that them? Was a surprise to see you on this doc

[@josta59]

Scared the crap out of me, too! Hell of an ending to this great video!

[@SectorSos]

3rd Battalion here. (3 ОБСпП) At first I was with the 1st Battalion, but after Kupyansk, I received a minor injury in Petropavlivka. After the hospital and my injury, I was transferred to the 3rd battalion. Very Interesting documentary, wondering when it was filmed and why they showed and interviewed only people from 1st battalion?

[@CathFawr]

@@SectorSos because there weren't any 2nd or 3rd batt guys in our AO and the film crew can't teleport

[@SectorSos]

​@@CathFawrand you are ?

[@CathFawr]

@@SectorSos in the video lmao

[@SectorSos]

@@CathFawr the reason I asked, it's because how you answered: "in our AO" therefore I assumed you were there or part of the 1st batt. Or film crew or whatever.

[@FreeRojava2025]

Was that bang at the end caused by munitions or the sonic boom from the jets?

[@mattbernaciak6027]

I can't believe they took some of these people. As a former civilian security contractor I am pretty sure I would be more combat effective than some of these people. Really crazy. Hope they don't get captured by the Russians.

[@S.huddo-db3ew]

The first dude talking said he got straight into French SF as a legionnaire or actual French SF idk dudes story seemed off

[@johan8969]

Sounded like he was talking about the FFL and not some French SF unit where you need a french passport. The FFL takes anyone, especially if they have prior combat training.

[@S.huddo-db3ew]

@@johan8969 thanks I thought so and is FFL considered SF or just regulars

[@PalleRasmussen]

@@S.huddo-db3ew LLE is considered elite, and get Commando training, but they are not SF. They do contribute soldiers who volunteer for the French SF units. At 43:30 he says he was 2em REP, the French Foreign Legion Paratroopers. They are the ones that get Commando and some SF training. Really good and hard soldiers.

[@johan8969]

@@PalleRasmussen Abselutely, but I dont think the FFL are allowed to operate within France due to them not technically being French unless it is a military emergency. They are like the International Legion in Ukraine, hired and paid by the Defence Ministry so NOT mercs (unlike Wagner), but they do have limits.

[@PalleRasmussen]

@@johan8969 it is a long time since that prohibition. They fought on French soil in 1870, 1914-18, 1939-45. Their HQ and at least two regiments are also based in Metropolitan France.