“Everyone’s a little problematic in Ukraine’s International Legion”
“Benjamin Velcro” is former US serviceman and volunteer with the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine, the official unit of foreign volunteers under the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In early August, Russian media widely shared voice recordings in which Velcro recounted the torture and murder of a Russian prisoner of...
More“I have a chance to kill some Russians.” Interviews with foreign volunteers in Ukraine
On February 27, Ukrainian President Zelensky announced the formation of the International Legion of Defense of Ukraine and invited foreign nationals to come to Ukraine and join the fight against Russia. Foreign nationals, many with...
MoreCivilians Who Fled Turkey’s Invasion of Ras al-Ain Say it’s Impossible to Live Under Murderous SNA Mercenaries
Washokani IDP camp in Hasakah, Syria houses 16k of the civilians who fled Ras al-Ain because of the 2019 Turkish/Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) invasion. “They murder, they loot, they kidnap people for ransom,” one...
MoreAzerbaijani Aggressions Against Armenia’s Syunik Province Continue
As the governments of Turkey and Armenia discuss normalization of relations, Azerbaijani incursions into and attacks on Armenia's Syunik province continue. In November, Azerbaijani forces closed the Goris-Kapan and Kapan-Chakaten roads, isolating border villages in...
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