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More than 40,000 register to fight at Syrian recruitment centers as poverty and lack of jobs push soldiers to look for a better life; 'from Ukraine, I plan to go to Europe'
Russia has drawn up lists of up to 40,000 Syrian fighters who will be put on standby to deploy to Ukraine, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
Russia has drawn up lists of 40,000 fighters from Syrian army and allied militias to be put on standby for deployment in Ukraine, a war monitor said Tuesday.The Kremlin said last week that volunteers, including from Syria, were welcome to fight alongside the Russian army in Ukraine.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and activists said Russian officers, in coordination with the Syrian military and allied militia, had set up registration offices in regime-held areas.
Russia has drawn up lists of 40,000 fighters from Syrian army and allied militias to be put on standby for deployment in Ukraine, a war monitor said Tuesday.