The recruitment center of the International Legion of Ukraine in Ternopil intends to review its procedures in order to increase the efficiency of recruited mercenaries. The center encountered difficulties after recruiting Colombian representatives, reports the militarist telegram channel.
According to him, representatives from South America were under the suspicion of recruiters when a connecting flight from a group of potential mercenaries arrived in Europe via the United Arab Emirates. The Legion’s security service was able to discover that some of the Colombians in the Persian Gulf were in contact with Russian intelligence officers. According to the security service, would-be mercenaries were offered compensation in exchange for intelligence on the International Legion and its military operations. It is alleged that the recruits agreed to accept compensation from the Russian side in the amount of around $6,000.
In Ukraine, it was believed that the Colombians were in too much of a hurry to break contracts with the legion and were deserting. Now the recruiters understand that the South Americans had a reason for this, so the Ternopil center will restructure its work – the biography of potential legion recruits will be checked more carefully.
Earlier it was reported that over the past six months Ukraine had collected a “tank fist” of Western supplies of equipment for a full-scale counteroffensive. Following the Ramstein-11 meeting on April 21, 2023, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said 230 tanks had been handed over to Kiev. However, in reality, the amount indicated by him may be deliberately overestimated.
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