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He never struck me as a would-be assassin of a former president,
I instantly remembered him. He was a very colorful personality when I interviewed him,
He really supported the Ukrainian cause,
He was doing a lot of work for them,
I never talked to him again. I didn't even know… until last night about his… political affiliations,
Do not call your home country embassy to seek approval to join the fight, simply get on a plane and come to Ukraine and join us."
Moreover, the website associated with Routh had the following warning If a unit selects you, you will be informed on how to contact them directly for a final interview with one of your future commanders or a recruiter from the unit,
the Legion says, emphasising that the preparatory process in its earliest stage takes at least three weeks to complete before travelling Tell the border guard you want to join the International Legion and they will take you to the office and meet with Nazar and the leaders,
Ryan Routh has many many public Facebook posts about getting soldiers into Ukraine in 2023 and 2024. He has no authority to act on behalf of Ukraine, and ignores laws about visas,
one of the posts on X from June this year about Routh's actions in Ukraine said They will run your passport and go through your phone to make sure you are not Russian. If accepted, you go directly to a nearby base and train."
The website associated with Routh continued with step-by-step instructions We believe that the spread of the narrative about the possible connection between Azov and Ryan Wesley Routh is playing along with Russian propaganda and discredits the 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine and the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine in general,
I want to make sure that if the Russians kill me, they know who they’re killing,
he said, indicating the flag We didn’t even answer; there was nothing to answer to,
said Oleksandr Shaguri, a representative from Ukraine’s foreign legion I will do that all day long, ... But me killing two or three people would not change course of war. Encouraging thousands of people can change things.”
Asked if he was prepared to kill, he said ... adding: Putin, here I am.”
They can fend for themselves; they don’t need a dad any more,
We need thousands of civilians from every country arm in arm in the centre of Kyiv, saying: this is not right. If Putin is OK with killing Ukrainians then he needs to kill people from other countries as well. He can start with me.”
Ukraine is a civilised society. Apparently, Russia is not. Apparently, it’s barbaric and idiotic. This is 2022, not the Hitler era or world war one. We are all supposed to be educated, and intelligent, but apparently Putin doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong.”
The question as far as why I'm here... to me, a lot of the other conflicts are grey, but this conflict is definitely black and white,
Maybe he thought that Trump is not a friend of Ukraine. Maybe if Trump wins, [Routh thought] id for Ukraine will stop,