{"id":2184458,"date":"2024-02-22T21:15:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T02:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelenskyy-americans-can-now-join-ukraines-national-guard\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T21:17:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T02:17:21","slug":"zelenskyy-americans-can-now-join-ukraines-national-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelenskyy-americans-can-now-join-ukraines-national-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy invites Americans to join Ukraine&#8217;s National Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelenskyy-americans-can-now-join-ukraines-national-guard%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2184458&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US Vice President Kamala Harris \u2062shake hands at the end of a press conference at the Munich Security\u2063 Conference (MSC) in \u2062Munich, southern Germany on February 17, 2024. (Photo \u200dby WOLFGANG RATTAY\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>6:05 PM \u2013 Thursday, February 22, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Exciting news from\u2064 Ukraine! According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the\u2063 country&#8217;s national guard is now open to \u2063U.S. citizens and\u2063 other foreigners. This move aims to bolster Ukraine&#8217;s \u2064military strength as it nears the \u2064end of\u200c its two-year conflict with Russia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cForeigners and stateless persons\u201d can join the Ukrainian national guard \u200bas of Wednesday, the Ukrainian leader said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since the beginning \u2064of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, foreign fighters have been a part of \u2063the country\u2019s armed forces, but they \u2062have typically volunteered as members\u2062 of\u200b the \u200bInternational Legion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAnyone who wants to join the defense of Ukraine, Europe,\u200c and the world can \u2062come and fight side by side with the Ukrainians,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Interior Ministry of\u200c Ukraine \u200dis in charge of the National\u200b Guard, which actively participates in the\u2063 nation\u2019s defense\u200b against Russian \u2063forces. According to Zelenskyy, foreign applicants \u2063for military duty must meet specific requirements, be lawfully admitted in Ukraine, and have no\u2063 prior convictions.<\/p>\n<p>The military of both Russia and Ukraine has suffered\u200d greatly\u200c over the past two years of fighting. Although the precise number of losses has been disputed, Kyiv urgently needs additional forces to continue its \u200ccombat effort \u2064against a wider pool\u200d of potential Russian \u2063recruits.<\/p>\n<p>With \u2063numbers on enemy losses released by Moscow\u200b and Kyiv on a daily basis, Western analysts advise caution \u2062as neither side typically releases casualty counts for its own armed forces. However, if they do,\u200b those numbers are \u2063almost always labeled as falsehoods by the opposing side. <\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy\u200d stated in the middle of December that\u200b the Kyiv military wished to mobilize an extra 500,000 individuals, but he characterized \u200bthe idea of a new mobilization as a \u201cvery delicate\u201d matter. Soon after, a draft law\u2062 was released \u2062by the Ukrainian parliament suggesting \u2063that the age of eligibility for mobilization be lowered from 27 to 25 \u2064in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>The number of foreign fighters\u200c who have come to \u200cUkraine to join the International Legion is unknown, but it\u200c is most likely not going \u2064to be sufficient to maintain Kyiv\u2019s personnel \u2062levels over time.<\/p>\n<p>The requirements\u2064 for International Legion volunteers are similar to those now qualified to join the National Guard: they must be physically fit and\u200b medically \u200bfit,\u2063 have no criminal history, and\u2064 be able to enter Ukraine legally. You can also be as young as eighteen years old \u200bto serve as a volunteer as \u200clong as\u2062 you are a U.S. citizen.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[ CLIP ]  \u2062 \u2013 Zelensky announces ban to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church<\/p>\n<p>Unpopular \u200dfacts to remember\u2026<\/p>\n<p>He has also banned news stations, political parties, \u200dand jailed his political \u200dopponents <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TwSFIHNqNL\">pic.twitter.com\/TwSFIHNqNL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Stark Naked Brief. (@StarkNakedBrief)\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarkNakedBrief\/status\/1598727922738610182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking \u2064news blasts directly to your\u2063 inbox \u200bfor free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Joe Biden side steps the Supreme Court to transfer Student Loans, judge Engoron\u2064 denies Trump\u2019s payment delay request and\u200c the Rust armorer stands trial.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The FBI,\u2064 DHS and other cybersecurity agencies are\u2062 probing a widespread Telecommunications outage, to\u200b determine if it was \u200dcaused by a cyber-attack. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s \u200cbrother, James,\u2064 was in\u2062 the hot seat on Capitol Hill. \u200dThe closed-door testimony comes as part of\u2063 the House Oversight Committee\u2019s\u200b impeachment inquiry into the President. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Get ready to meet the man behind the headlines. He snagged\u200d Trump\u2019s golden \u2018Never Surrender\u2019 high tops, signed by the former \u200cpresident, for a $9,000\u200c bid at Philadelphia\u2019s \u2018Sneaker Con\u2019 \u200dlast\u200d weekend. 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This move represents \u200ba significant development in Ukraine&#8217;s defense\u200d strategy and aims to\u2064 attract\u200c additional personnel to combat potential Russian recruits.<\/p>\n<p>Foreigners Eligible\u200b to\u2063 Join Ukrainian National Guard<\/p>\n<p>President Zelenskyy&#8217;s statement on \u200dWednesday declared that &#8220;foreigners and stateless persons&#8221; can now\u200c join the Ukrainian \u2063national guard. While foreign fighters\u200b have \u2063already been \u2063present in Ukraine&#8217;s armed forces since Russia&#8217;s invasion in 2022, they typically \u2063volunteered \u2064as members of the \u2062International Legion.\u2063 This new policy opens\u200b the door for foreigners to join \u2063the national \u200cguard and play a direct role in defending Ukraine, Europe, and the world.<\/p>\n<p>Requirements for Foreign Applicants<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063Ukrainian Interior Ministry, responsible for \u2064the \u2063National Guard, has set specific criteria for foreign applicants interested in serving in the military. \u2063These requirements include being \u2064lawfully admitted into Ukraine, having\u200c no prior convictions, and meeting \u200dthe \u2064physical and medical fitness standards necessary \u200dfor military duty. These measures have been put in place to \u2062ensure the \u200bintegrity and\u2062 effectiveness\u200d of the national guard.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063Need for Additional Forces<\/p>\n<p>Both the Russian and Ukrainian military forces have suffered significant losses in the past two years\u2064 of fighting. Although the exact number of casualties remains disputed, it is clear that\u200d Kyiv urgently requires additional \u2063forces to sustain its combat \u2062efforts \u200bagainst \u2062potential Russian \u200drecruits. With daily\u200d releases of numbers on enemy losses by Moscow and Kyiv, Western analysts advise caution as casualty counts for each side&#8217;s armed forces are\u2064 often labeled \u200bas falsehoods by\u200c the opposing side.<\/p>\n<p>Mobilization Efforts and \u2063International Legion<\/p>\n<p>President\u200c Zelenskyy expressed the need to mobilize an extra 500,000 individuals, but characterized \u2063the decision as\u2062 a &#8220;very \u200cdelicate&#8221; matter.\u2064 As a response, the\u200d Ukrainian \u200dparliament released a draft law proposing the lowering \u2062of the age of eligibility\u2062 for mobilization from \u206427 to 25. \u2063While the number of foreign fighters who have joined the International Legion \u2063is unknown, it is\u200d unlikely to be sufficient to maintain the \u200drequired \u2062personnel \u2064levels in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>Similar Requirements for International Legion \u200bVolunteers<\/p>\n<p>The prerequisites for\u2062 joining both the International Legion \u2063and the National Guard \u2064share \u2063similarities. Prospective volunteers must be physically and medically fit, possess no criminal history, \u200dand\u2064 have legal access to Ukraine. Additionally, U.S. citizens are eligible to serve as volunteers in the International Legion from the age of eighteen and upward.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s decision\u2064 to open\u200c its \u2064national guard to foreign \u2063volunteers \u200brepresents a significant development in bolstering its military strength against Russia. This move allows\u200c foreigners\u200b to play\u2064 an active role\u200c in defending Ukraine and \u200cits allies, reflecting \u2063the country&#8217;s determination to address the\u200c imminent challenges it faces. However, caution should be exercised in analyzing casualty counts, as\u2064 both sides \u2064tend to dispute and label each other&#8217;s figures as false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of Ukraine, and Kamala Harris, the vice president of the United States, shook hands after a press conference at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany on February 17, 2024. The event was captured in a photograph by Wolfgang Rattay. 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