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Approximately 100 U.S. citizens have been cleared to join Ukrainian forces fighting against Russia, part of a wave ...

Michael Ferkol, who says he served in the US Army as an engineer, had been in Rome studying archeology when he heard the Ukrainian president’s appeal for foreign fighters. Within days, Ferkol said, he presented himself at a military recruiting office in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, hoping to be taken on as a frontline paramedic. “I told them I wanted to triage patients,” said the 29-year-old, who has no combat experience. “There was a Finnish guy there too, and he was like: ‘I just want to kill Russians.’” Ukraine has established an “international” legion for people fr...

Michael Ferkol, who once served as a supply specialist with engineer battalions in the US Army, had been in Rome studying archaeology when he heard the Ukrainian president’s appeal for foreign fighters. Within days, Ferkol said, he presented

LVIV, Ukraine - Michael Ferkol, who once served as a supply specialist with engineer battalions in the US Army, had been in Rome studying archaeology when he heard the Ukrainian president's appeal for foreign fighters. More foreigners were arriving every day, Shepelyak told Reuters. "If they have such a desire and persuasion to serve a foreign country, it matters. They...

Ukraine has established an "international" legion for people from abroad and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has publicly urged foreigners to "fight side-by-side with Ukrainians."