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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh Defence editor

Ukraine’s highest profile combat unit to recruit English-speaking soldiers

Four men in military fatigues speaking in a group
The UAV pilots of the 6th battalion, 12th brigade (Azov) in the Serebryansky forest, Luhansk region, Ukraine. Photograph: Julia Kochetova

Ukraine’s highest profile combat unit is seeking English-speaking recruits at a time when the impending presidency of Donald Trump means that Kyiv is expected to come under intense pressure on the battlefield.

Azov, a volunteer brigade whose decade-old nationalist origins have made it a target of Russian propaganda, plans to form an international battalion to boost its numbers as Ukraine heads into a fourth year of full-scale war.

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