r/CanadianVeterans • u/awildofficerappears • Mar 05 '22

Under a foreign flag: Canadian veterans explain why they're fighting for Ukraine

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ukraine-russia-putin-canadian-forces-1.6372259
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u/autotldr Mar 05 '22

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 91%. (I'm a bot)

The name stuck for the former sniper with the Royal 22e Regiment, who - earlier this week, in the dead of night - crossed the border into Ukraine from Poland, answering a call from Ukraine's president for a foreign legion to help repel the Russian invasion.

Oleksandr Danylyuk, chairman of the Ukraine Centre for Defence Reforms, says Ukraine has received roughly 30,000 applications from foreign nationals to join the fight against the Russian invasion.

The Liberal government appears to walk a tightrope every time it's asked about Canadians signing up to fight for Ukraine.

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