“The first unit of the Ukrainian Legion from Poland is already in Ukraine – Ambassador The first group of volunteers of the Ukrainian Legion from Poland has arrived in Ukraine. The following volunteers will sign contracts with the Armed Forces of Ukraine on January 10, 2025 and will undergo training at the training ground.”, — write on: unn.ua
According to the ambassador, on January 10, 2025, the following volunteers will sign contracts with the Armed Forces of Ukraine and go to the training ground.
“This is actually a success story, from which some politicians or Russian propaganda are trying to make a negative fact. The process, of course, we would like it to go faster, but it is going as it goes. We are working to make this information publicly available to everyone EU countries, and possibly overseas. We can only stimulate by voluntary encouragement, this is a completely voluntary unit training,” said Bodnar.
Bodnar added that the training of the first legionnaire volunteers will continue at Ukrainian training grounds.
The ambassador did not name the number of volunteers.
We will remind
The first group of “Ukrainian Legion” volunteers signed contracts in Lublin and began 35-day basic training. The recruiting center received about 700 applications from Ukrainians from various European countries.
On November 16, on the basis of one of the training centers of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland, the first group of volunteers of the “Ukrainian Legion” took a military oath of loyalty to the Ukrainian people