Russia: 16 thousand volunteers from the Middle East asked to participate in the fighting with us!
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that 16,000 volunteers from the Middle East have asked the Russian government to allow them access to the Donbass region in order to participate in the fighting against the Ukrainian government forces.
Shoigu addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting of the permanent members of the Russian Security Council today, Friday, saying: "We receive huge numbers of requests from volunteers from different countries who want to go to the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics in order to participate in what they consider a liberation movement, most of them from the countries of the East. The Middle East, where the number of requests exceeded the 16,000 threshold.
He continued: "In this matter, we consider it correct to respond positively to these requests, especially as they come not for financial considerations, but because of the real desire of these people, and we know many of them, as they have previously helped us in the war against ISIS in the most difficult period, during the past ten years." .
Putin accepted the idea of helping these volunteers go to the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.
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