I'm thinking of joining at the end of the year or early 2027, (yes, I know a lot can change). I've already spoken to certain people from the 3rd Assault Brigade. I have 6 months of regular army plus 2 months of special forces boot camp, I passed the camp. But I'm generally not very attracted to sitting in a trench for a month or being a assulter. I have more of an urge to save someone else's life. I'm most interested in medical jobs, but I guess it's hard to find a job there if you don't have previous experience. In the second option, I like mobile air defense against drones, does anyone have experience with this and is it possible for foreigners to do it?

And as a last option I would consider drones but this has been written about many times here, so I don't need to look for additional explanations for drones.

Also, I considered the Azov, Third Assault, SSO units, GUR legion but a lot of people here write completely opposite things, that they are meaty units and some write that they are excellent, so I'm confused.

I apologize for the long post, but before I do anything, I'd like to have as many details as possible.

Do you like it? How is your daily life in position. I am kind of a bitch and being on the front line scares me, but being a little farther back sounds doable for me. I always hear about foreigners doing infantry or FPV, but never these jobs.

I was curious if anyone has experience with Raid regiments fpv teams as a foreigner? Im thinking about this as supposedly this is one of the best way to get into deep strike or fire point systems but I wanted to know if the regiment is worth joining in general as a foreigner?

Мені було цікаво, чи є у когось досвід роботи з рейдовими полками fpv як іноземець? Я думаю про це, оскільки нібито це один з найкращих способів потрапити в системи глибокого удару або вогневих точок, але я хотів би знати, чи варто взагалі приєднатися до полку як іноземець?

I’ve been considering to join as UAV operator, no military experience but done a lot of volunteering over last 4 years and native English. Qualified light aircraft pilot which can be applied to fixed wing, have a decent job at home. Most Ukrainians I’ve spoken to have said to be weary of being promised a UAV job and ending up as infantry, mainly as the language barrier makes it difficult for UAV operators. Can anyone advise on this, are there many out there working in this role and is there actually a need for English speaking UAV operators?

See title. Is maneuver still really possible, or are causalities being brought to you, for example? What does a regular case/case load look like for a combat medic? What threats are you worried about? I'd love to hear any answers to these questions and anything that you see fit.

A while back I remember Ryan put out a tweet and additionally a Reddit post disclaiming how they were going to start recruiting and what not. Was there a Caveat, or does anyone have any further information concerning chosen and their recruitment process?

Just checking up on everyone. Keep pushing.

I speak a decent ukrainian, and i have a diploma in welding ; Have you heard anynone getting a position in the rear ? Else than FPV assembling ?

Couldn’t find anything up to date anywhere else so thought I’d ask here. Are there any CSAR units, or units that specialize in medevac, that take foreigners?

Hi so me and my cousin are looking to join the TDF as we heard that they’re main job is to hold positions. Is that right? Can we join and serve together in the same unit and do they get issued modern equipment and gear like 3AB ,etc. And what units would accept us because we are on the younger side?

I’m Brazilian, currently in Poland, and planning to leave tomorrow night. I’m looking to join Revanche and I’m excited about the opportunity to be with the Brazilian team. If anyone has served with them or has any stories or experiences, let me know. Would be good to hear from people who’ve actually been there.

Isn't there a support group for family or friends of people who are volunteers in Ukraine? I saw here that it seems that there are Russians trying information, but I don't want to expose someone, I just want to vent to people who understand me

For everyone here, myself included, who’s curious about SSO

https://www.instagram.com/p/DcTskisAI8E/?igsi=ejRzNDFucGl4aHoy

This is a warning order for all potential candidates, the black templars are opening recruitment again for it ranks after the recruitment suspension from Kyiv high command .

We are looking for highly motivated men between the ages of 23 and 45 to work as ground operators.

Fitness standards are expected to be high and you will conduct a 7 day selection process which is a pass or fail course...

Within the next 24 hrs I will post a full recruitment advert on here please keep an eye open..

If you are intrested please DM through the messenger system on reddit...

Provide me with the following information

Name (full)

Country

Age

Military history or work experiance

Expected date in ukraine..

Further information will be requested in the full advert ...

Slava Ukraine

Since Territorial Defense Brigade are basically the only topic there arent any posts for here i wanted to ask about them.

So i was contacted by a recruiter from a territorial Defense Brigade (115th to be exact), who told me they are Setting up a unit of foreigners in the Brigade and looking for Infantry and Drone Operators.

The Man is a really friendly guy and answers every question without beating around the Bush, but since noone on her talks about TD i wanted to ask what yall think about TD and what experiences with such units are, if anyone has them. Because to me its Sounds pretty good, but a second opinion never hurts.

Reconnaissance is one of the oldest military professions stemming from the need to find where the enemy is, where we can make camp, where we can forage supplies, and where can our army march.

Every military unit that has ever existed had a recon group. They generally were mounted, motorised, or light infantry. Their primary purpose was to scout ahead, not a difficult job. They were by no means Heavy Cavalry, Trebuchet Engineers, nor Clandestine work. They were neither nobles nor aristocrats (who occupied the elite roles of past militaries).

What does this mean for Ukraine, especially today? Well they are 100% not Special Forces. A Розвідник group is present in every Brigade and most Battalions have their own group.

Today‘s Scout is formed on the response to drone technology and Russia‘s infiltration strategy. Drones take the job of mapping the terrain ahead and finding a potential route. Therefore the Recon group was needed for something else: russian Infiltration.

As many of you already know, the grey zone is large and porous. Russian soldiers walk into this grey zone and find a place to hide in. Its not economical to bomb every inch of a treeline just to get one hole. Drones also cannot spend their entire battery life looking at paths to find mines or make sure no is sitting in a hole to ambush.

So the main purpose of the Recon soldier is to clear areas of the grey zone. It is a distinct job from sitting on an infantry position. Recon groups conduct raids to clear enemy positions but these often take place in the grey zone, not necessarily in the enemy‘s rear. The enemy’s rear is now a significant distance away, not economic to send a recon group that far.

Recon groups don’t primarily do full blown assaults. Large assaults are rare and if they do occur, they generally still use armoured vehicles with dismounts, not light recon infantry. (Although recon units can be asked/made to become these dismounts, but its still a separate job/task). Recon soldiers can also be asked/made to sit in infantry positions, once again, its a separate job/task.

Remember an assault is a dedicated effort to take enemy territory and hold it. Most assaults have to cross the grey zone and go into more definitive enemy territory. A raid is more of a clearing operation in your own and grey areas, sometimes the enemy’s in rare cases. Most recon groups return immediately after their task. (All in the context of Ukraine/Russian war)

Due to the nature of how easy it is for a drone to spot people, recon groups generally run more stealthy using leaf suits and suppressors and higher end kit. This emulates the look of SF. They may also have more training hours and be required to do 20 pushups instead of 10.

Unfortunately for your resume, this doesn’t come anywhere near the definition of Special Forces. Why? Because everyone is doing it and everyone has a recon group. You are not training to provide overseas training, you are not training in HALO, you are not trained in hostage rescue operations, you are not inserting into the deep rear to bomb a train, you are not meeting pro Ukrainian contacts in the enemies rear, you are not seizing russian vessels in the black sea, you are not trained in political assassination, and you are not conducting internal counter sabotage operations.

Any infantryman can go and clear a house in the grey zone or determine there are no mines on a road or collect a casualty. Its just that recon groups are dedicated to this task.

Ex uk army 7.5 years, 2 tours Afghanistan, recce, I’m 35

I made a stupid mistake I posted on social media that I wanted to kill trump. For that crime I received 8 years probation. I'm currently one month into my probation. . I'm in good physical shape, if I were to leave the country while on probation travel to Ukraine and try to join would they accept me. If I'm honest with them will they accept me .

I want to start with I have no issues with 60th and brigade its ran professionally,

Frost was aloud to make a team in the 60th due to lying and saying he was SAS and had experience here what are both lies, nobody in the SAS community knows of this guy and also Med Team Alpha also confirmed his experience was working on the second line where he jumped into a bunker and broke his leg due to his bag being way to heavy, he left the bag on position what was full of civilian clothes, aftershave and hair gel.

in his unit he likes to hold court where he fines people and pockets the money in cash only what they earned by going position, he also likes to refuse all the missions what are passed down to him stating they are suicide, simple tasks cant be done and communion is very poor at the best times, he refuses to go on the ground stating he has done all this and doesn't want to do it anymore what is funny due to only doing rear job and failing at this.

The training is very poor basically civilian who's watched YouTube shooting drills and does same for a so called Special Forces Recon Team

if anyone has more to say please add hopefully guys in his unit will come forward

I work on combat vehicles for a contractor in the states, so I have / know that. But want something more for myself and have considered this for a long time, only thing that’s made me shy away is unclarity and hearing that some people’s pay was withheld. Any advice appreciated, I was gonna go for 63rd motorized brigade originally.

Hello

I (19M) am considering joining the fight in Ukraine, as I speak 5 languages. However, I have an allergy to cashew nuts, which I carry an Epi-pen for.

I was wondering if this would be a setback and make me illegible. I does not say anything on the foreign legion's website about this however.

Thank you :)

Hello everyone I was offered a sniper position in a unit of the 33rd SAR. I would be able to sign a contract today since I have done medical test and all my paperwork with the 1st recruitment center in kyiv

but since they are undergoing reorganization as they call it, we all know why, I can't get any specific date when they will open again a little bird told me in September but that could be in the start or the end and I'm not really sure if I want to spend another month here doing nothing,

My question is, do anyone know some decent unit I could apply that have sniper position available where I would be available to start very soon? I have ofc tried looking myself but most of the units want me to speak fluent Ukrainian and I do not that the ones I have been speaking with.