- Title: Members of Ukraine's foreign legion ready for fight in Sievierodonetsk
- Date: 3rd June 2022
- Summary: SIEVIERODONETSK, UKRAINE (JUNE 2, 2022) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS PROFANITY*** SHOT FROM MOVING CAR SHOWING DESTROYED VEHICLES ON ROAD MEMBER OF UKRAINE FOREIGN LEGION SITTING ON PASSENGER SEAT MACHINE GUN ON VEHICLE MEMBER OF UKRAINE FOREIGN LEGION LOOKING OUT OF CAR WINDOW SHOT FROM MOVING CAR SHOWING MILITARY VEHICLE DRIVING IN FRONT AMMUNITION SHOT FROM MOVING CAR SHOWING DESTROYED MILITARY VEHICLE AT ROADSIDE PATCH SHOWING UKRAINIAN FLAG ON ARM OF DRIVER SHOT FROM MOVING CAR SHOWING MILITARY VEHICLE DRIVING IN FRONT MEMBERS OF UKRAINE FOREIGN LEGION CLIMBING OUT OF VEHICLE VARIOUS OF MEMBERS OF UKRAINE FOREIGN LEGION STANDING TOGETHER ANTI-TANK-MISSILES ON GROUND MEMBERS OF UKRAINE FOREIGN LEGION STANDING TOGETHER TATTOO ON ARM READING (French) “Foreign Legion†VARIOUS OF MEMBERS OF UKRAINE FOREIGN LEGION TAKING EQUIPMENT OUT OF VEHICLE (SOUNDBITE) (English) MEMBER OF UKRAINE FOREIGN LEGION, ZURAB KAKALIDZE, SAYING: “It is a war for Georgians as well. I am just a 22-year-old kid and I felt that is the right thing to do. We gonna push the Russians back. It will take a day, a month, or a year, it does not fucking mater. We are on the right side of history. So we gonna make sure all of us, we gonna get back home with our families. And we gonna make sure the occupiers won’t do the same.†MEMBER OF UKRAINE FOREIGN LEGION SITTING ON GROUND MEMBER OF UKRAINE FOREIGN LEGION SMOKING CIGARETTE (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) MEMBER OF UKRAINE FOREIGN LEGION, (NO NAME PROVIDED), SAYING: “Since I got here, I dedicated my entire life to this. I will only leave with a victory. I came here to protect the people and I will only leave with a victory." VARIOUS OF MEMBERS OF UKRAINE FOREIGN LEGION UNLOADING EQUIPMENT SHOT FROM MOVING CAR SHOWING CAR WRECKS AND RUBBLE IN STREET
- Embargoed: 17th June 2022 12:07
- Keywords: Sievierodonetsk foreign legion frontline soldiers
- Location: SIEVIERODONETSK, UKRAINE
- City: SIEVIERODONETSK, UKRAINE
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001252603062022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS NOTE: CONTAINS PROFANE LANGUAGE IN SHOT 16
Russian forces advanced deep into the ruined eastern factory city of Sievierodonetsk, but Ukrainian troops were still holding out on Friday (June 3) as Russia's assault on its neighbour entered its 100th day.
Members of Ukraine’s foreign legion arrived in Sievierodonetsk on Thursday (June 2) getting ready to join the battle.
Zurab Kakalidze is a 22-year-old member of Ukraine's foreign legion, which is made of foreign fighters who volunteer to come to Ukraine and fight against the Russians.
He said he felt he was on the right side of history.
He and his fellow fighters were optimistic to see their families again and wanted to make sure the enemy would not, he added.
Ukraine's defence minister said his troops were already training in Europe to operate new, advanced missile systems pledged this week by the United States and Britain, which Kyiv hopes will help swing the battle in its favour in coming weeks.
A war that Western countries believe Russia planned to win within hours has ground on for more than three months, with Moscow having been driven back from the capital but launching a huge new assault in the east.
The past weeks have seen Russia pour its forces into the battle for Sievierodonetsk, a small factory city in the east, which Russia must capture to achieve its stated aim of holding all of Luhansk province.
Both sides have been taking punishing losses there in a street-by-street battle that could set the trajectory for a long war of attrition.
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