o remote guy with a testament with any success stories, bastion bio diverse sports may 20th on t w. ah, this is focus on europe. nice to have you with us today. it's been more than 10 weeks since russia invaded ukraine, though poor and may have expected a blitzkrieg. his army is advancing slower than many anticipated meeting. a fierce resistance from ukrainian forces and volunteers from abroad are signing up to fight

putin's army up to 20000 of foreign men and women are estimated to have joined keeps units. among them, people like upon young, south american who feels compelled to defend ukraine. he's joined by like minded people from across the world, some of whom have never even held a gun before. others have experienced in the trenches. the international volunteers are aware of the savagery that awaits them some more than others. our reporter accompanied cap on, on his journey to the front lines. ah, it's been a lot of bombing left, right. and above, everywhere, there's a good one. i know i'm going there for a good reason. and if i don't see my family, my friends and the people i love here on this earth again,

i have faith that i will meet them after death one with in ukraine. it's not just ukrainians who are fighting. thousands of people from abroad have joined battle who are day. and why are they doing it with a law? if i'm needed to help my comrades at the front line, i'll go there. if i'm needed to take care of civilians, i'll do that. whatever job the legion gives me, i'll do it. i'm a lawyer for girls that i was gonna a certain cap han, as he calls himself, is from latin america. for security reasons, we don't disclose his exact location. he's preparing to leave his home cap on tells me he works. as a paramedic, he seems to have plenty of friends. and over all his life seems pretty normal to me

. in our 1st online encounter upon doesn't reveal his identity yet. he wants to join the army as a combat medic and the muscle. yes, i saw these terrible images of how they attacked civilian zones with missiles, people dying in their apartments and attacks against humanitarian corridors. i saw so many terrible images of suffering civilians including children, and it broke my heart to see them. and as a paramedic, i have the skills to help them. i know i have something to offer was a good a you don't think i was going to period, but i yeah. to 19 year old tells me he still lives with his parents. he says his father even offered him money to stay. but a few days later, it's time to leave his friends, throw a farewell party. lou

sandra from norway has already joined the ukrainian army. they refer me to her to life, she depicts on social media. it's not for the faint of heart with she used to be a fisher then served as a representative for her ethnic group to sammy people to tells me that after that she trained as a combat medic. now she says she's on the front lines or 1st of all, at the moral obligation. this is home based in europe. we owe them. oh, if you can help dish it on her social media account poses with weapons.

she tells me she has no qualms about using her gun, but it's what it says job is what you have to do. so it's the one who fires 1st. that's how it goes. we're not the attackers. we other defenders. we are not the one trusting any borders they did cap on flights, of krakow in poland, close to ukrainian border temperatures in eastern europe just have stepped to near freezing a climate that upon has never experienced before. i joined him for the next leg of his journey. the 1st stop, a military shopping. he still needs a bullet professor since he isn't sure whether the army provides one. you have well, the armor? no, i know there is a body armor. you know?

55 pont, 11 modal he decides to go without 40 or maybe a la, but isn't that suicide missions? i don't think of it. it would be good to have one, but even with a vest the bullets come through. so the only thing i can do is hope to come back in one piece of refining is, but they're going to call me by chance upon meets another man who also wants to join the battle. to me, he makes it dubious, impression kilo kilo de la kilo i look kilo o demand doesn't want to be filled, but claims he fought in iraq and afghanistan, working for a private military contractor. coupon

has no combat experience. so he decides to train on a shooting range. he's now joined by a man from columbia, who goes by title them at online in a group of spanish speaking volunteers. they also test an $1847.00, which is used in ukraine to training at a shooting range is intended for civilians and is supposed to be just for fun. it's just a 2nd time that coupon has ever held a gun, tells me. oh, after half an hour, he's done the leopard, but it doesn't prepare me for war as such, but at least i know how to handle a weapon correctly. but i might use in ukraine, or they're not on for people like upon the international legion is their main port of coal in ukraine, on instagram, at advertises itself as an adventurous,

heroic group of comrades. it was found it just days after the war started and its belief to have around $20000.00 members of come here to fight, fight the roches that fed democracy and freedom according to the late and they are paid to equivalent of ukrainian soldiers of their rank. sometimes less than $500.00 euro samantha de contract. last until the boys over you de spokesperson tells me that people who want to join have to pass several tests in ukraine. as a rule, there is send to some of the hot spots on the front line and all taken care in some very that's a delicate offensive and defensive operation. you can you prove that your dog he has done as can potter? well, i think it's very difficult for anyone to prove anything and this war. what i can say is that we can give all public gen private assurances that no

one in the army is interested in sending people to the front were not ready. the russian government sees the international fight at mass memories which could result in worth treatment if they are captured. i ask an expert for his take on it. they are not medicine larissa, it's not a company, it's not a commercial. g g. which is sending both fido fair. there is quite a difference. and as long as they are integrated into the forces of the host country, if they are not most americans and i jumped upon and tuttle on their way to the board at the international late and officially only accepts people with light combat experiences but day give it a try anyway.

time for the last voice messages with i'm a broker, my god. here i want you to know that everything's okay. i love you. i'll send you a message when i can this brother, i'm either yoko there after death. i think god will judge us for what we did in life, whether it was good or bad for okay, seem was my brokers in was in, i mean our family, my faith gives me hope and it keeps me safe. i know that i'm going there for a good reason. and if i don't see my family and my friends and the people i love here on this earth again, i hope i will meet them after death. but i like the local level.

and the man who sits next to them is from ukraine. this summer, they're still in ukraine. he's going to the board to get his mother and bring her to safety. his brother and cousin are at the front. he tells me. so what does he think of the foreign fighters for peace in the world and peace in the great because we cannot stop before our cell from most people are going the opposite direction more than 5000000 ukrainians have left the country so far. does he really think he can change

anything? no, sorry, i'm not rambo. nothing special, but each grain of sand help. and if i just saved a live of a few fighters or people who need me, i'll have made a different percentage of them. but you know, come you they want to join deletes and the next day on my journey with them and here. but they promised to stay in touch. oh, sandra, who's been at the front for quite some time, is still there and determined to stay. the human brain is, is wired to just get used to whatever situation you have to get used to. and i know that sounds weird, but you can get used to anything including bombing,

when do you think you'd be back home? i will be back when this was over when there is no more need for me here. then i will go, ah, come on. seems to have a bit of a roller coaster ride. the international legion at 1st rejects him and several others, but 10 days later he tells me delete and suddenly did accept him. he writes, i'm happy and sent me a picture of the body armor he was given. besides, paramedic tasks tells me he is not also receiving regular combat training to be able to defend himself. in a few days, he could be sent to the front we agreed and for security reasons, this will be our last interview was done and they will train me for combat with real ammunition everything as if i was a real fighter that that's been done and have you thought about leaving?

she is getting a lot of gives up on those whichever that you do. think about it when you hear detonations, when you're close to exploding grenades when you hear sirens and are in the cold for hours wearing just a sweater for you. so you do start to think you're not going to get us out. you have your few of the more changes and i gotta change to i can be yes. i realized it's even worse than what you see on the news. everything is worse because your the main target that i get it's quite ugly with the. ready 10 days later i received news again. the situation has become too intent upon decided to leave the international legion . he now, if in safety i

before the war ukraine was a major exporter of grains and was known as europe's bread basket. but many of its fields are now barren grained shortages are feared in europe and beyond. take italy, for example, the country has long relied on imports. farmers and sicily now say they have the capacity to grow more weight. but it's not that simple. their fields are in high demand for another issue caused by the war alternatives to russian gas, you know, close to the area in and around. japan. e in western sicily is rich with wind and sun, and that is why there's a gold rush in the air architect antinini. masada says it's an el dorado for renewables. t in the city. if you don't prevent every one's lining out of these key on the french, germans, americans not just italians, loans older than, than hawaii, e let international companies want to invest in the production of electricity,

which is generated by our wind and sign. once there's only a bell, when the wind turbines attorney business is booming for the sicilian, because he broke his licenses for the land for wind and solar parks, including fields where grain once grew, salvatore st. angelo still farms his land. here in east in sicily, his family has been growing wait for generations. he wouldn't dream of sacrificing his land for a soul, a park, or wind farm. i live in a de lucy on it. that would be tragic in the end of a naturally grown product to gemini, glad they went on to the tele. but right next to his field, the road is already marked electricity, pylons will soon be built here for a solar pock further down in the plane. down the mare is on site, but he actually wanted to stop the project right around the neighborhood of donald de la difficult thought lake on that the all the investors are exploiting the

farmers financial difficulties in the city. what they receive relatively little money for their crops, hailey, but a lot of money for their land. all you get, i mean, who would say no to that the local stream g. but it would be the end of the tradition and identity of farming here. little a lot of rain theda. even the italian state is encouraging farmers to profit from the opportunity. but for salvatore, his grain is his life. with their own grand. now this is all natural, untreated durham, wheat, shang, and can tell by the fine flowery powder that sticks to it. j o. along the way, back in west and cecily antinini, masada andy sanchez, epi are looking for land. they study mass to determine the right location for photovoltaic plants. this time they need at least 60 heck days of pasture or arable land sale did renew it warner. elnora and oranges on will out 3 only tuning is the

terrain as good and there are no legal restrictions or the purchase price can be $25000.00 euros per hectare, hung up with their little ah, vision gui. mulay arrayed dental for the owners. that's a really great deal. no, cuz you own the max out as user drawing to inspect this site of the future. solar park. they checked the soil for erosion which would hinder construction here. otherwise the part could soon be producing renewables. comparable diarrhea. ha, 330 of indian grammy, and you can get a 100000 euros for sewing for hector's of land. but a former mixtures, $3000.00 euros a year for hector, at best cultivating graeme. and he loved emily arrows over the last phase that when the rio angler saw mold, so how many years of work does it take to make as much money as i can get from a straight away love? we love it. a little bit us will be the renewables instead of farming. many sicilians fear the war in ukraine could quickly change their island if the russian

gas needed for energy production were to stop flowing. but that creates a conflict of interest. since italy can't import anything from the bread baskets of ukraine and russia, any more italians need to grow more weight themselves. because without grain, there's no bread pastor on what been solid. okay. shall be always on your the can't be acceptable. the cover our future energy. nance, we start turning the greenfields of sicily into rows of windmills and solar panels, and yet i'm just facing the landscape. jeremy is not dorian, debbie doyle, menez and farmers are demanding fair pay for cultivating grain. and they say solar power could just be as well produced using rooftop panels without sacrificing fertile farm land. we want to live or the one the mountain. you know, mertsa doesn't understand her concerns. so he wants renewables from sicily at any

price, fin lovario, diesel to the credit union. you have to provide the capacity now because we're running out of rushing gas. in india. narrative only have clean energy. you just have to harness little the bills with power or bread, renewables, or farm. then the war in ukraine is forcing people in sicily to make tough choices to go. with a war ride on its doorstep, poland has opened its doors for ukrainians of playing the conflict. a country has taken in some 2500000 refugees, more than any other in europe, the population of the capital warsaw has increased by 300000 since the war broke out and agnostic as they'll be shacks, life has changed completely since she has host in 8. ringback ukrainians in her home and with war stars, housing scarcity and agnostic as tight budget. she isn't sure just how much longer

she can cope. a small gesture of thanks. one of the many ag nashika, sylvia shag, has experienced since she took ukrainian refugees into her home in poland. 12 people now live in a space normally meant for a family of 4, says doctor, is upset establishment. normally we extend this table at christmas. now it's pulled out all the way over time. it's like, it's always christmas, but at least this way we have room for every like more or less expensive hotels number mileage and then we'll ship matter, missed human. when war broke out in neighboring ukraine, agnes scott offered to help with his my washer sample brockway or that was i wanted to make this room available and 3 people watched me. but then in the middle of the night, i'm not a dr. arrived with 8 people because the children were coughing and the women started crying because they didn't want to be split up the chairs deal. so i gave

in and said he has a fuck. we shall give gary along with adobe as the war continues, that act of kindness has become a permanent solution of families exhausted, which has never worked on his naps, go to mazda. so now i haven't known what it's like to come home to peace and quiet, not mileage. and perhaps we know that to start getting back to know much about that, or that the go for that. you'd mila her sister and a friend arrived from western ukraine with 5 children. they feel helpless and very uncomfortable about it. i just always tell you, now this is their life. now their family, lately, they used to being together all suddenly having 8 more people around is very hard thought. said those have asked me as a student, i'm even ashamed that and yes, guy and her husband pay for all of our expenses, christopher, they buy everything when it's the food and everything we and the children need. grandma are glass ready. cook said to help the families that take in the refugees,

the polish government plans to make monthly payments of around $250.00 euros for each person they accommodate. but so far, agnes hska has not received anything. you'd mealer tries to earn a little something as a cleaning lady, but can't afford a place of her own ago and i have the children you thought that even if i only had myself to support i to be very tough for me though. when the task of many ukrainian refugees are in similarly dire straits, they came to warsaw as national stadium to register their thankful for the warm welcome, but worry about their future. dishes, i don't know what to do. he said, unfortunately there is no work to be had. he had years of somebody. poland has taken in lots of refugees, setting flood zone and it keeps them warm yet. but they are just no apartments and no jobs live up what i want either to stay in poland and just get a job or go to germany and find work there. you can't just sit around all the time

. they're doing nothing. people here give us their last said, yesterday, for instance, a woman donated over a $1000.00 to our lodgings. they help a lot with everything. okay. we're living here at their expense recently. sure. foot rough owl to marla has also been busy helping ever since the war broke out. he lets 20 ukrainian women and 40 children live at his hostel in warsaw for free. but he also hopes for assistance from the state. oh mama, she have enough strength and resources for 2 more weeks. amish were financing us from our own private means because we haven't received any financial help on your we used to rent out room so, but we're not taking any money from the refugees, blah blah, helps is open with summer on the way many hotel owners are faced with a dilemma, let the refugee stay on or take in pain guests given the expenses the polish state is facing,

warsaw is hoping for more financial aid from the e. u. 0 neuropathy. scale to for years in unions, decision to provide funding for refugees involves large sums of money. but it's still just a drop in the bucket list. but it's very little from the polish government's point of view, it would be important to set up a fund to administer such it on behalf of the use and cover the needs of reco geez . i spoke with several quotes. although she'd be glad to see at least a little money soon. agnes scott, severe shack doesn't regret helping refugees. what is the most important is that they don't have bombs raining down on them, or we don't need luxury. but with so many people here, as i must say, more age is needed. this is a bit much, but it's definitely been worth it. thank is about that the go stick on it seems most polls still feel the same way and like the ukrainian guests, they hope the war won't last much longer. well,

nascar's neighbors have now taken in at 3 of the refugees. they say a good neighbor is a priceless treasure. that's all from us this week at focus on europe. thank you for watching and bye for now. with

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