perhaps the ukie war is following in franco's spainish path as they attract foreign fighters;

 

 Ukraine’s military authorities have disclosed the scale of the contributions being made by foreign combatants, with Military Ombudswoman Olga Reshetilova stating that approximately 16,000 foreign volunteers from at least 72 countries are currently engaged in the war effort. According to Reshetilova, nearly 40 percent of foreign volunteers serving with Ukrainian forces are citizens of Latin American countries. Her statements follow years of reports from Western sources that Ukraine is facing a crippling manpower shortage, with years of high-intensity combat and severe casualties eroding its ability to sustain frontline forces.

The reported scale of Latin American participation marks a notable development in the composition of Ukraine’s foreign personnel. While early foreign recruitment efforts attracted significant numbers of European and North American volunteers, later phases of the war have reportedly seen increasing participation from countries where military service can offer significantly higher incomes than available domestically. Russian security agencies have previously highlighted the growing number of Latin American personnel fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, with multiple Russian defence sources having reported in July that the number of Colombian nationals serving alongside the Ukrainian Armed Forces had recently risen significantly............more...........