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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![Mikola, “Lemko” and Severin, three foreign volunteers fighting with the Azov Battalion. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin](https://cdn.newsvoice.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Swedes-fight-for-Ukraine.png)