Vladimir Rogov, leader of the “We are with Russia” movement, in an interview with Russia TASS He noted that several dozen volunteers from the Baltic states participated in a special military operation (SVO) on the Russian side.
“The number of volunteers from the Baltic republics in the Zaporozhian direction alone is in the tens,” he said.
According to Rogov, Lithuanian citizens are in the majority among them.
He explained that these participants in the special operation wanted to obtain Russian citizenship because they feared criminal or extrajudicial prosecution in their country.
formerly Rogov declarationSeveral thousand volunteers from different countries, including Western ones, are waiting to participate in Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine. According to him, among the volunteers are representatives of the former Soviet republics, Middle East and Latin American countries, as well as the USA, England, Canada, France, Germany.