![]() ![]() "By the way, in Donetsk region, there have been a lot of guys whom I met and they're actually from this region and are jealous of our commander of armed forces of Ukraine, because we are de-occupying south of Ukraine and dreaming when we will de-occupy Donetsk and Luhansk, and to say honestly, I have never seen such patriots. And they need this to be supplied time and time again. "And in any war, of course, there are killed and injured. And they were glad because they're constantly out of it. "I visited a tank battalion in one of the brigades, and have brought them medicine as always. This week, while on on assignment - and recording for the Sky News Ukraine War Diaries podcast - the military volunteer finds himself in the Bakhmut region of Donetsk, one of the war's fiercest battlegrounds. Often driving alone, sometimes with a small group, Seva Koshel is no stranger to frontline supply drops into eastern Ukraine. Personnel from 60 countries have signed up. The Georgian Legion has been around since 2014, when 10 officers from Georgia volunteered to fight - and train Ukrainian soldiers - at the beginning of the conflict with Russia.īut this is not the only unit composed of foreigners fighting in Ukraine.Īn "International Legion" was formed by the Ukrainian government earlier this year, with positions for people with prior military experience. ![]() "Yes, killing is not easy for a human, but Russians aren't human." "You could very easily get killed," Sparks replies. "It is the same fight for us, the enemy is the same in Georgia and Ukraine," said a former Georgian civil servant, turned combatant called Giorgi. Together, they share one overriding aim - the destruction of Vladimir Putin's Russia. He has been told there are 50 Britons currently serving in the unit. ![]() The Legion boasts some 1,000 members, from Georgia in the south Caucuses, as well as a variety of other countries. Sky News international correspondent John Sparks has been to meet the "Georgian Legion", a paramilitary unit fighting with the Ukrainians. Possibility of staying there for a certain amount of time." Said in a weekend television interview, "please keep in mind the Where there is autonomous water supply, an oven, heating," he "If you have extended family… or friends outside Kyiv, The warnings followed comments by Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko urging residents to be prepared to leave the city in a worst-case scenario in which the capital loses power and water. "This is a lot, and it's force majeure," Mr Kovalenko said on his Facebook page. Sergei Kovalenko, CEO of YASNO, a major supplier of energy to Kyiv, said Ukraine is currently facing a 32% deficit in projected power supply. National energy authorities have warned of further planned outages but also possible further restrictions in Kyiv and the region around it, as well as six further regions of the country. Kyiv was having hourly rotating blackouts in parts of the city and the surrounding region on Sunday. ![]() Over the last month, Russia has focused on striking Ukraine's energy infrastructure, causing power cuts and rolling outages across the country. He called on Ukrainians to endure the hardships, saying: "We must get through this winter and be even stronger in the spring than now." "We also understand that the terrorist state is concentrating forces and means for a possible repetition of mass attacks on our infrastructure," he said. Than 4.5 million people were already without power. Speaking during his nightly address, the Ukrainian president said more Ukraine is bracing for further Russian attacks on the country's energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr ![]()
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