Grandad’s army: Ukraine’s over-60s unit fighting Russia for free • FRANCE 24 English

по цьому
по Да По розвитке Ну як це сечас сега
Піде чи Володя піде
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контакти живем за счт пенсійного фонду
ну в словах чим працюєте
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ті командири які дають нам цілі вони
довольні
що ми спрацювали вони нам ще дають цілі
допомагають бика Чим можуть ми виїжджаєм
допомагаєм їм
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кількістю ми ми їх не здалаєм нам надо
новітня озброєння і тільки Таким чином
ми можем здалать ворога не кількістю це
ж не а тільки вмінням Істрі
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якщо не хоче ти його хоть палкой бий він
не буде воювати Якщо людина хоче
він може і в 100 років піти
і
виконувати завдання і нищить ворога
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Oleksandr Taran, 68, who goes by the callsign “Grandpa”, leads a volunteer Ukrainian unit of men aged 60 and above and are therefore considered too old for the army. At a time when Kyiv is lowering the draft age as enthusiasm for signing up is waning after two years of war, these men are fighting the invading Russian forces for free.
#Ukraine #war #Russia

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22 comments

  5. I’m a real supporter of once country and it’s actually sad and a little bit embarrassing that the younger people don’t want to fight for their country. They let the fight to the oldest one and then after they expect to come home to Ukraine and continue a great life.
    If you love your country, you need to be there when the country need you.

  10. They are old enough by far to be immune to propaganda, so I am 100% sure they are not fighting for NATO or Vicky Nuland's Vision. Amazing that France24 never asked them the most important question: Why are they fighting? I'd love to hear if their answer dates prior to 2014….

  11. see this is a problem … really where are the young ukrainian patriots? is there anyone left? all left for uk? having a good life?

  15. So so cute…but this is war and physical condition counts for so much more. So the romanticism of the story belies the brutality of the real ground experience. Sad that both young and old will perish in this Boris Johnson war.

  21. This is like a lot of Peshmerga units. Also time had proven over and over that you should be scared of old men in a young men's game because youth and exuberance is no match for old age and treachery.

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