This Memorial Day, American Families Grieve For Soldiers Turned Mercenaries In Ukraine
A new story in the Washington Post reflects on this year’s Memorial Day, which hits “much harder this year, for obvious reasons,” after “possibly thousands” of US veterans took up arms against Russian forces as mercenaries in Ukraine.
According to the paper, Ukraine claimed that upward of 20,000 American citizens expressed interest in joining the country’s foreign legion, which pays between $500 and $3,500 monthly.
Interviewed grieving family members and friends of those killed in action across the Atlantic Ocean and much of Europe say their close ones sacrificed “for what we believe in, which are our freedom and democracy.”
Citing an anonymous State Department source, the Washington Post says the US government “takes its role in such a situation very seriously” and shares information with families “whenever possible.”
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