In Korea, former Captain Lee Geun went to Ukraine to participate in the war as a volunteer. Now Ukraine and Russia are accusing each other of saying that the other volunteers are ‘mercenaries’, not volunteers. In particular, mercenary companies that provide soldiers are controversial… Former Captain Lee Geun also belongs to the company, so it is said that he might be affected.
Next is reporter Ku Hye-jin.
[기자]
Recruitment of ‘international volunteers’ is one of the battles of this war.
[볼로디미르 젤렌스키/우크라이나 대통령 (현지시간 2월 26일) : 우크라이나를 수호하고 싶은 분들은 오세요. 저희가 무기를 지급하겠습니다.]
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This is because the ‘volunteer army’ is a power that is helpful in all-out wars, public opinion wars, and diplomatic wars.
Foreigners who voluntarily went to war for other countries symbolize the ’cause’ in itself.
[영국인 의용군 : 민주주의는 소중합니다. 한 사람이 다른 나라의 민주주의를 뺏을 순 없습니다.]
It can raise the morale of the people and sustain the interest of the international community.
[차나퐁 퐁파이/의용군 자원 태국인 : 우리는 태국에서 민주주의를 위해 싸웠고, 우크라이나는 그들의 민주주의를 위해 싸우고 있습니다.]
Russia cannot be left alone.
[세르게이 쇼이구/러시아 국방장관 (현지시간 11일) : (러시아 의용군) 지원자는 해방운동을 돕고 싶어 합니다.]
Both countries attack the opposing volunteers as mercenaries, not volunteers.
Although unfamiliar in Korea, a private military company, a mercenary company called PMC, has grown its influence in various wars.
[볼로디미르 젤렌스키/우크라이나 대통령 (현지시간 11일) : 모든 것이 파괴된 시리아에서 온 살인자들이 우리나라의 모든 것을 파괴하려 합니다.]
Russia’s recruitment of mercenaries from Syria has been caught, and the ‘Wagner Group’, a Russian mercenary company that is considered to be Putin’s private enlisted in fact, has a history of intervening in wars in the Middle East and Africa.
There is great concern that they will make the war more brutal.
But even President Putin has an excuse to attack Ukraine.
This is because mercenaries belonging to more than ten U.S. private military companies participated in the war to stop Russia in large numbers.
It claims to be a proxy for the West.
[블라디미르 푸틴/러시아 대통령 (현지시간 11일) : 세계 곳곳에서 온 용병들이 우크라이나에 모이고 있습니다. 서방 세력이 이들을 보내고 있습니다.]
Russian media also criticize that they came to Ukraine to raise the ransom.
A ‘mercenary’ with a lot of experience in combat receives a high salary of 1 billion won.
Former Captain Lee Geun, a Korean who entered Ukraine, has also worked for a long time in a private military company.
It can be taken more seriously than the general public’s participation in the war.
It has become an issue that the Korean government has no choice but to react sensitively to.
(Screen source: YouTube ‘Rayhat Niloy’ ‘ROKSEAL’)
(Reporter support: Golden Juice)
