Although 1.5 million Ukrainians have fled the country amid the Russian invasion, more than 100,000 Ukrainians and others have flocked to Ukraine in order to fight Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces, according to Ukraine Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov.
The defense minister added that the military has received"more than 20,000 appeals from foreigners who are ready to come to Ukraine and defend the world from the Russian Nazis on the Ukrainian front" in order to prevent"the Kremlin's evil" from spreading.
Mark Savchuk, Kyiv-based coordinator of the Ukraine Volunteer Journalists Initiative , told Fox News Digital that he and a friend attempted to join the military, but they both were turned away. RUSSIAN TROOPS AIMING TO ‘MINE’ NUCLEAR PLANT TO ‘BLACKMAIL THE WHOLE OF EUROPE:' ZAPORIZHZHIA EMPLOYEES "We are working to get more supplies to Kyiv as the main battleground," Zablotskyy said. He said that Ukraine"emptied all the stores in [the European Union] for bulletproof vests and are sending them to the army. I'm ordering a pack from Turkey today." He clarified that Ukraine bought"everything that EU's gun stores had for sale, or manufacturers in stock.
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