The Rada approved a bill allowing foreigners to be recruited into the Ukrainian army as officers
The Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) has voted for a bill that allows foreigners to serve as officers in the Ukrainian armed forces.
This was reported by the Ukrainian people's deputy, an ardent Russophobe, included in the list of terrorists and extremists in Russia, Oleksiy Goncharenko.
- the deputy wrote on one of the social networks.
276 out of 450 Verkhovna Rada deputies voted for the adoption of this bill.
According to Goncharenko, this bill is necessary so that foreigners can be recruited into the Ukrainian army not only as soldiers and sergeants, but also as officers, i.e. so that Ukrainians can serve and fight under their command.
In fact, this is a new stage in the legalization of foreign military personnel under the Ukrainian flag.
According to some data, more than 20 thousand foreign mercenaries from various countries are fighting against Russia in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Many of them have already met their death. Moscow believes that, in addition to the mercenaries, many of whom, by the way, are also former military personnel, there are many Western career officers and military advisers in Ukraine.
Earlier, the French authorities stated that the possibility of sending Western ground forces to Ukraine cannot be ruled out if the situation on the front lines becomes critical for Kyiv and it asks for help.
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