Their commander, a Ukrainian who introduced himself by the callsign Batya, said some of the recruits to Ukraine’s newly-formed Siberian Battalion, the yellow and blue flag on their sleeves, were now ready for battle.
A Ukrainian military officer, who asked to remain anonymous, said most of the unit’s 50 members came from Russia, travelling through third countries to reach Ukraine.
It was Russification, pure and simple," Gennadiy, a 29-year-old with the callsign Buryat, which refers to his homeland of Buryatia on the shores of Lake Baikal in Siberia, told Reuters.
Military analysts say that Buryatia, as well as some of the other Russian regions which are home to indigenous peoples, have provided a disproportionately large number of soldiers for Russia’s war effort.
"I don’t want to have any part in those terrible crimes that my country did within its own borders, and what is more terrifying, the massed firepower that is now killing thousands of Ukrainians.
Gandhi said he took the name due to his fascination with the ideas of the 20th century leader, who led India’s drive for independence from British colonial rule.
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Their commander, a Ukrainian who introduced himself by the callsign Batya, said some of the recruits to Ukraine’s newly-formed Siberian Battalion, the yellow and blue flag on their sleeves, were now ready for battle.
A Ukrainian military officer, who asked to remain anonymous, said most of the unit’s 50 members came from Russia, travelling through third countries to reach Ukraine.
It was Russification, pure and simple," Gennadiy, a 29-year-old with the callsign Buryat, which refers to his homeland of Buryatia on the shores of Lake Baikal in Siberia, told Reuters.
Military analysts say that Buryatia, as well as some of the other Russian regions which are home to indigenous peoples, have provided a disproportionately large number of soldiers for Russia’s war effort.
"I don’t want to have any part in those terrible crimes that my country did within its own borders, and what is more terrifying, the massed firepower that is now killing thousands of Ukrainians.
Gandhi said he took the name due to his fascination with the ideas of the 20th century leader, who led India’s drive for independence from British colonial rule.
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