r/ukraineforeignlegion

Hi all, made a throw away account for this.

I finished basic training at the beginning of January, got deployed to the front mid January, and I'm still here.

The first month it was fine because we had a good amount of food and water but since then we lost some supply drop drones, it just went down hill since February I've been on 500ml - 1L of water and maybe 1000-1200kcals a day, I've lost a stupid amount of weight, pretty sure I got TBI as well.

This is my first mission and I feel like a bitch for saying this but I feel burnt out already, somethings not right. I was surprisingly confident on my first infil, confident in my first gun fight and first time being attacked by drones, but since being here this long something has switched. After spending months having my position being hit by artillery and drones everyday, the lack of food and water, the incompetent command I feel myself not only getting physically weak but mentally too.

Im scared to exfil, there's mines everywhere, drones everywhere, I wasn't like this before during infil I was fired up and excited, now I'm just tired and scared... After spending an extended period on the front is this normal? I wanted to make a career out of this, stay in Ukraine, get out the military and look into private security/military work but I can't carry on like this for years. Maybe I'll transfer to a drone team or strictly assault/storm team after. Just wanted to know if it's normal to feel this way after an extended period on the front, or maybe this just isn't for me

I'm going to be joining AZOV soon and the hardest part for me is telling my family and friends, especially my parents, we migrated out of Ukraine (where I was born) over 10 years ago and I've recently been hinting into me going back, saying stuff like I've been looking at going back to Ukraine, and just in general talking about the military there, and lets just say even only that is making them either angry or upset cant tell which one, they're saying is they put in all of that work to get me out of Ukraine and give me a good life and I would be just throwing it away and I know the best thing would be to just sit down with them and to just say it but I just wanted to know if you guys have any advice on telling people

And yes I was born in Ukraine but I left when I was around 4 years old and never had a Ukrainian passport only Swedish so that's why I'm going foreign since the only way I can go to the Ukrainian one is if i give up my Swedish passport and get a Ukrainian one but I don't want to do that

Hi I've got a white car and need to paint it flat grey with some light camo details etc. Just wondering if there are any shops in Kyiv, Dnipro or Kharkiv that can do it. I'm told all the good guys have been mobilized. :(

I'll try my best to keep this short.

I served in the United States Marine Corps for close to the year before getting out for mental health reasons. I was going through a rough time with a lot of personal stuff during that time and ended up reaching out to get help. It was never my intent to get out of the Corps, but Marine Corps decided they didn't want me after I reached out for help. I was discharged with a RE-4. Anyone who doesn't know what that is its basically a code that says you're not allowed back into the US military.

My question is, if I were to enlist, would Ukraine know about my prior service background or not? I'm not really ashamed of it, but it seems a lot more trouble than it's worth trying to explain to them why I got a RE-4.

Thank you

People in good health are so lucky, they get assigned to the best units; I watch them with envy, damn it.

I recruit for an international battalion and the amount of knuckleheads who try to join after having deserted is staggering! And oh boy do they have all the excuses for why their discharge papers/stamps in green book are missing: my base got blown up, my car was hit by FPVs, my unit never gave me a contract - despite previously saying that they broke contract and left, my dog ate it, etc. Then there is trying to pass off paperwork for random shit as discharge papers, or papers with only their signature, and not the signature and stamp of the commander, on it, as if we won't notice. And if all that fails they either regale me with stories of woe from their personal life, or tell me what a badass one-man-army they are who destroyed legions of spetznas by dick-slapping them to death and tea-bagging their commander.

If you desert, it's probably best to leave Ukraine alone. You thought it sucked before? Try serving with the label of "deserter" hanging around your neck.

Hello,

I was wondering if it would be possible as an electrical engineering student to volunteer in any of the drone building initiatives in Ukraine during this summer.

Does anybody know of organizations that could potentially take me?

I don’t need any payment and would be eager to pay for my own logistics. I am also an EU citizen and can speak English and B2 Spanish.

I know it would be difficult to find willing organizations because of OPSEC and the language barrier, but I would be more than willing to travel to Ukraine to put to use my experience in building and designing FPV drones as an EE student and a passionate hobbyist with over half a decade of experience.

Hi, I'm 23, in a year I'll get master's degree in Electronics Engineering.

I'm in good health but not in a military grade physical shape at all and I won't get there in a year certainly with the small free time I have.

That's why I don't think I'd be of any help at the front line itself. Are there opportunities at the second line for anything according to my degree?

My master is on RF theory, antenna jamming, telecomms, radars, sensors, FPGA, PICs, PCB design. I know it's very theoretical and not hands-on practice, therefore I'm skeptical about chances.

I'd be willing to help in some way even remotely.

I speak Italian,german,english. As of now I can only afford traveling to Ukraine but staying or buying gear is an issue. Thanks for reading.

Have any foreigners here successfully registered on the Army+ app? Registration didn’t work before or after I got my green book.

If you had problems - who did you contact? How long did it take to sort out?

Hello guys, after I finish the course in this school (WetruEgun) , when I can enlist ?

I mean, I have ideia when accept foreigns,but I wanna know more about this.

Any experience when you can share ?

just got of the army was in for 13 months as a 19k(tanker) i got discharged for popping hot on a drug test for marijuana didnt mean to smoke weed just did something else and it had weed in it i fucked up ik but i always wanted to go to ukraine to help after my contract ended if the war was still going was wondering any general tips on trying to go about this?

sorry if this is a dumb question, but the website is still up. i heard the international legion was disbanded? i don’t have any military experience. would i still be considered for an assault unit? if not, what other units could i look into? i’m from the u.s. by the way if that matters or changes anything.

I do see a lot of comments that peoples with money problems in civilian life should not join. I understand it s better to have money even after receiving trainning for purschasing ammos, clothes and shoes.

But in my case, while I did mismanage, it s not because I do have problems but that I m in a permanent situation where I earn less than 800€ per months, or a amount roughly similar do the base pay.

Is the initial money needed only to enlist or is it impossîble to serve without funds under base pay too?

I recently got my letter to join a battalion and I am about to take my flight, but I’d like to know if any of you know how long till I get to sign my contract? I came with money but I still need to send like 160 USD monthly to my home country after the 2nd month😭

I have been on bluetooth duty, mixing genres, seeing what everyone likes on our exfil...so far early to mid 2000's white girl club music has been the biggest hit LOL. What do you guys like? I wanna make a big playlist 😁

I think this is the biggest thing holding me back. And by family, I mean parents. No wife or kids. I know they wouldn't understand. They would try to stop me, and they would do nothing but worry. I was thinking of ways to lie, but doubt that would work long in practice?