Fri 11 March 2022:
After President Vladimir Putin endorsed a plan to send volunteers to fight in Ukraine, the Kremlin declared Friday that fighters from Syria and the Middle East would be permitted to fight for Russia.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia’s defence minister had said that “most of those who want and who asked (to fight) are citizens of Middle East countries and Syrians”.
When the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, Russia was a crucial friend of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, rallying to his side in the conflict in 2015 and shifting the tide of the combat in the regime’s favor.
According to Peskov, the decision to deploy volunteer fighters to Ukraine is legitimate, and the US is supporting moves to send mercenaries to fight alongside Kyiv’s army in Ukraine.
“If the West is so enthusiastic about the arrival of mercenaries, then we also have volunteers who want to participate,” Peskov told journalists.
Putin backed plans to allow volunteers — including from abroad — to fight in Ukraine earlier Friday and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said more than 16,000 mostly Middle Eastern volunteer had appealed to join the military action.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says volunteers are welcome to help fight against Ukrainian forces.#UkraineRussia #Putin pic.twitter.com/OMvvCHYW9q
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