The best way to say it is not to listen. The result of Japanese mercenaries going to Ukraine to participate in the war is really gratifying. what do you think?

When Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine last month, Abraham, a 27-year-old Nigerian, posted on Twitter that he wanted to join the battle. Abraham was deeply moved especially after Ukrainian President Zelensky called for "fighting side by side with Ukrainians".

"Fighting in Ukraine is better than living here." He thinks this is a good opportunity for him to leave Africa. "If the war is over, maybe I will be allowed to stay and even become a hero." But the reality is far from what he imagined. From excitement to disappointment and even fear, many foreigners who went to Ukraine to participate in the war had the same mental journey.

After three to five days of training, Russia went to the front to launch a special military operation. On the third day, Zelensky announced the establishment of a "foreign legion" to openly recruit foreigners to participate in the war. The next day, he signed a decree exempting all foreigners who want to join the Ukrainian army from visas. Preedy, 25, was moved. He took three weeks off from school and told his fiancee that he was going to Ukraine. He served in the British army for 6 years and was discharged on 20 18. He works as a teacher in a vocational school in Wales, teaching students to make tourniquets and treat wounds.

Preedy and other 15 foreigners packed into a car bound for Ukraine and arrived at a military base in Ukraine two hours later. After an hour's rest and breakfast, the team is looking forward to being assigned to the right role. Preedy believes that considering that many foreigners who come to Ukraine have no combat experience, the Ukrainian army will evaluate their skills and then allocate jobs reasonably. For example, he can go to the refugee camp to help take care of the wounded and teach basic first aid knowledge. But the Ukrainian soldiers who came to assign tasks told them: "You should go to the front to fight."

According to Ukrainian soldiers, these foreigners will receive three to five days of training: they will learn map reading and basic medical knowledge in the first two days; On the third day, distribute weapons and practice shooting at the shooting range; After that, everyone, regardless of the war experience, will be sent to the front. For ordinary people who have never shot anyone with a gun, less than a week's training is simply not enough. "Don't think that getting a rifle will instantly become captain America. Because you are not at all, you may die. "

You can't leave after signing the contract. Before coming to the Yavorif military base in western Ukraine, Swede Soder did not think too much about "death". But after staying at the base for a while, especially after the Russian attack, his attitude changed. Soder said that this base is full of foreigners who have never held a gun. They thought that they would receive systematic training before going to the battlefield, but they found that they could not get weapons, protective equipment, training and even language barriers. It is also full of "a lot of false promises and false information." It is their destiny to be cannon fodder.

Russian troops attacked the base. "They know exactly what to fight, know exactly where the weapons warehouse is, and know exactly where the administrative building is." Soder said. The attack frightened the fallen soldiers, and Soder left Ukraine and fled to Poland. However, not every foreign mercenary who has figured it out is so easy to run away.

Preedy said that he and other foreigners were told that they needed to sign a "deed of sale" to stay in Ukraine and fight in the war. This contract stipulates that the salary of foreign mercenaries is 7,000 Grivner per month (about 65,438 yuan +0.400 yuan); The foreign legion must stay in Ukraine before the end of the war and must not leave; Perform the same obligations as all Ukrainian men aged 65-438+08 to 60. Moreover, this is an indefinite contract, which means that you can retire at any time if you want. Even no one was informed of these restrictions before entering Ukraine.

Ukrainian Ministry of Defence sources confirmed the existence of these clauses, so within ten hours after entering Ukraine, Preedy left the base and hitchhiked back to the border of Wooper. Mislan, a professor of international politics at Lancaster University in England, believes that foreign mercenaries are usually "thrill seekers". For such a "stimulus", he advised people to think twice before acting, or more specifically, "the best advice is not to go." "If you are an ordinary person without any skills."

Informed sources told the news agency that since the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in February this year, foreigners from 58 countries and regions have gone to Ukraine to participate in the war. At the beginning of the conflict, Ukrainian President Zelensky called on people from all over the world to join the Ukrainian "International Corps". Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba once said that the report pointed out that the Japanese government appealed to Japanese citizens not to go to Ukraine, and Japanese citizens already in Ukraine should leave the country. Japanese citizens who become volunteers to join foreign armies may be accused of preparing or planning private wars as stipulated in Japanese criminal law.