The facts are Spain has had Latin American foreigners making up nearly 7% of its armed forces in some periods, while Ukraine’s foreign personnel have been estimated at about 2% of the Armed Forces overall and 5–10% of directly engaged combat forces.
Foreigners formally enlisted in Ukraine’s armed forces are described by Ukrainian and international-law sources as combatants, not mercenaries, because they serve under contract within the armed forces and receive the same status and pay structure as other servicemembers.
But the main difference is the attitude toward these Latin American people: in Spain and Ukraine they are provided with respect and support, while in Russia they are sent to certain death, as evidenced by this article.
This is rather bulldozing all nuances in order to equalize wholesale the victim and the aggressor.
I am stating facts. which I assume you guys don’t care about.
Didn’t your momma ever teach you to cite your sources when stating “facts”? Or is your daddy Putin more important?
The facts are Spain has had Latin American foreigners making up nearly 7% of its armed forces in some periods, while Ukraine’s foreign personnel have been estimated at about 2% of the Armed Forces overall and 5–10% of directly engaged combat forces.
Foreigners formally enlisted in Ukraine’s armed forces are described by Ukrainian and international-law sources as combatants, not mercenaries, because they serve under contract within the armed forces and receive the same status and pay structure as other servicemembers.
But the main difference is the attitude toward these Latin American people: in Spain and Ukraine they are provided with respect and support, while in Russia they are sent to certain death, as evidenced by this article.