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‘It’s either kill or be killed’: the South Americans going to fight in Ukraine

Emílio Teixeira Alarcón, 43, a member of Brazil's army reserve
Emílio Teixeira Alarcón, 43, a member of Brazil's army reserve who said he hoped to travel to Ukraine to fight Vladimir Putin and ‘the scourge of communism’. Photograph: Alan Lima/The Guardian

Emílio Teixeira Alarcón thinks he knows exactly how he will feel after slaying his first Russian soldier.

“Mission accomplished,” shrugged the Brazilian army reservist. “In war, it’s either kill or be killed.”

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