Swedes join far-right militias in Ukraine’s fight against rebels

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publicerad 22 juli 2014
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Mikola, “Lemko” and Severin, three foreign volunteers fighting with the Azov Battalion. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin

IRISH TIMES. Sitting in the shade of a broad pine tree and a pink-and-orange umbrella, two Swedes and a Canadian explain why they are ready to kill, and be killed, for the future of a free Ukraine.

They are members of the Azov Battalion, one of several units of volunteers fighting alongside Ukraine’s military and national guard against separatist rebels – allegedly backed by Moscow – who want the country’s eastern regions to join Russia.

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