Discharged by their own country’s military, Colombian mercenaries are in demand on Ukraine’s front lines
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Discharged by their own country’s military, Colombian mercenaries are in demand on Ukraine’s front lines
Posted by Straight_Ad2258
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Colombians represent the largest group of foreign fighters confirmed to have died in Ukraine: at least 484 confirmed deaths so far
[https://foreign-volunteers-killed-in-ukraine.fandom.com/wiki/Total_foreign_volunteers_killed_on_the_Ukrainian_side](https://foreign-volunteers-killed-in-ukraine.fandom.com/wiki/Total_foreign_volunteers_killed_on_the_Ukrainian_side)
so the rumors of 5 to 10k Colombians having served in Ukraine since the war began are possibly true
>Campo survived his time in Ukraine. But death seems to be stalking him still: On a Russian Telegram group, someone recently posted his personal information including his name, home address and TikTok profile. «Fertilizer for our soil,» Campo reads aloud from one of the comments. He scrolls to a video of a bloodstained tank when a girl on the other side of the street cries out, «Daddy!»
>«I’m coming, my darling,» Campo replies. **Ukraine did not make him a millionaire, as many here believe, he says. But he adds that he now has fewer worries, and can finally be present for his daughter.** Now he just wants the war to end soon – and for his neighbor José Aron Medina to still be alive.
man did it for financial reasons, but still, mad respect to him, he defended Europe after all
i hope Ukraine does compensate well enough the families of soldiers who have died, tough