Invasion of Ukraine – Seven hundred Ukrainians living in Europe sign up to join the army

Invasion of Ukraine – Seven hundred Ukrainians living in Europe sign up to join the army
Invasion of Ukraine – Seven hundred Ukrainians living in Europe sign up to join the army

“To date, the Ukrainian Legion recruitment center has received about 700 applications from Ukrainians,” Ukrainian Lieutenant Colonel Petro Gorkoucha was quoted as saying in a ministry statement.

Candidates applied from several countries including Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany and Ireland, he added.

They will be able to join the Legion after having passed before a medical commission and having undergone examinations, according to the same source.

The first recruits signed their contract on Tuesday in the Lublin recruitment center before immediately leaving for a training center in Poland, the ministry added, without specifying how many people had signed up.

The volunteers will receive 35 days of basic military training, with the participation of Polish and Ukrainian instructors, after which they will undergo specialized training at NATO bases in Europe, Petro Gorkoucha said.

kyiv recently indicated plans to mobilize 160,000 people between November and February.

At the start of the year, kyiv estimated that around 300,000 Ukrainians of fighting age lived in Poland.

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