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Recording of Story Spotlight: Investigation into Ukraine’s International Legion (Patreon)

Published:
2022-08-29 16:50:45
Imported:
2026-09

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Dear community members,

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Story Spotlight with Alexander Khrebet and Anna Myroniuk.

Last Thursday, they discussed their investigation “Suicide missions, abuse, physical threats: International Legion fighters speak out against leadership’s misconduct,” and spoke about how they reported this story, the difficulties they faced, and what the response has been so far. We really appreciated your questions and the discussion.

For anyone who was not able to attend, we have published the recording. We hope you enjoy it!

And we hope to see you at our next event!

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Anna Myroniuk and Alexander Khrebet on investigation into leadership of International Legion

Comments

Murray Sutherland

This is great. for some context this is from my great grand fathers diary in the first world war. "Thursday December 6 A Hun aeroplane dropped posters over our area yesterday announcing the German victories in Italy. The enemy would seem to think our papers don’t publish these things. The figures and facts given correspond with what was published in English papers at the time. They must imagine that our people are treated like their own (edit: lied to). Clifton found one of the posters and brought it into the mess. Weather changing from frost to moist." People can absolutely be trusted to hear bad news and it's best to get it out there before it's exploited. In this case I'm not sure how remediation of the issue could happen without your help. When forming new units like the legion - it's undoubtedly going to be chaos, and there are going to be people who exploit that.

California Norma

Very good session. As usual, my friend whose parents were Estonian refugees after World War II watched it with me. 👍🏽🌻🌻🌻🫵🏽🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂

Daniel J Kelleher

It’s 7:20PM here in Worcester Massachusetts. I just finished listening to and watching your video report on management of foreign forces (legionaries) operating in Ukraine. Thank you Alexander, Anna and Olga for your very professional coverage of this issue. It is ultimately the responsibility of Volodymyr Zelenskyy to monitor the quality of the performance of Ukrainian leaders under him in both the military and non-military positions and that clearly includes the quasi-‘Ukrainian military’ leaders like the one that your report focused upon. From my vantage point at a distance here, I have noted that Zelenskyy HAS purged some leaders who have behaved like traitors to Ukraine. That was good to see and I would think a hopeful sign that suggests he would replace the problematic leader of the legionarie-intelligence group if he believes the leader is harming Ukraine. So… I think that keeping the pressure on by (repeatedly) describing - to him - what the harmful consequences can be, may get him to act. I wouldn’t ask him to investigate. I would ask him to act… if it is the case that… abuse x, abuse y, z, or (that) experienced dedicated soldiers have or may resign, “Mr Z…”

Daniel J Kelleher

(Continued) Zelenskyy would say that the people he has gotten rid of DID NOT UPHOLD THEIR OATHS (the guy(?s) in Kherson come to mind). Therefore if the legionaries take AN OATH, that might get his attention. I did wonder how many legionaries there are and how many legionaire Intelligence groups and non-Intel groups there are and how many leaders OF LEGIONNAIRE Intelligence groups there are - at the level of the problematic leader in question. LITTLE BY SLOW,

Shelley Carter

I just became a patron and listened to this report. I congratulate Anna and Alexander for such a great independent investigative report. I hope that the authorities will listen and take it seriously. The world is supporting Ukraine as a democracy and freedom of speech is a cornerstone of democracy and also the western audience supports Ukraine as having the moral high ground and hearing how foreigners are treated who have come to help defend Ukraine it is important to address this. Brushing it under the carpet will not help. It is like fixing a cancer when it just starts up thus saving the person before it gets to stage 1, 2, 3, 4. Because like Anna said if the story comes out afterwards it will be a lot worse. Plus fixing it now will help the morale of the legionnaires and will gain goodwill.

MackenzieJ

I honestly breaks my heart to hear that willing experienced combat volunteers from around the world are being abused, mismanaged and sacrificed like this. I hope this story continues to gain traction and attention, and hopefully that'll force the higher ups to actually do something about it! Please stay safe, and thank you for talking about this in english for us.

Isabelle Morgan

You've got this. Great job reporting. The truth will prevail. It is good to address these things as they are happening. To save grievances for later defeats everyone's hard work. The sheer act of disavowing contracts speaks for itself. Slava Ukraini

David Farning

Before following up, I wanted to let this investigation sink in for a few days. The role of the media during a conflict can be challenging. Questions about what role you want to play in society come into play. I would encourage you to think about and preferably be able to articulate that role internally. Things get even more challenging when addressing issues within the government and military. During times of conflict, these organizations and the people supporting them tend to close ranks when faced with criticism. After all, their wartime purpose is to destroy the enemy. The mental gymnastics necessary to consider anyone who criticizes them the enemy is pretty straightforward. With that being said, inefficiencies (or corruption) are limiting the current level of arms transfers to Ukraine. I would encourage you to figure out a way to communicate when things are inefficient (or corrupt), followed by the measure taken to improve efficiencies.