Among them is a Japanese volunteer soldier and an Indian restaurant owner providing food to those in need.
KYIV: Haru San, as he wants to be known, flew to Ukraine from Japan less than two months after the start of the war.
He joined the Georgian National Legion as a volunteer soldier in Ukraine despite having no military background. The legion is a military unit formed by mostly ethnic Georgian volunteers fighting on the side of Ukraine. “It was a very difficult decision, because when the war started, I was here with my family but eventually I took my mum to Warsaw. We left for a couple of weeks, and that was the time when I actually made my decision ,” he said.“I have four restaurants here and we have a team of about 60 people. So basically those are my people and I feel responsible for them,”"And second thing is that I perceive Ukraine as my homeland. So I was trying to help as much as I could possibly.
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