with global ideas, we will show you how climate change and environmental conservation is taking shape around the world and how we can make a difference. knowledge grows through sharing. download it now for, for 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 cap on 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. 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 that i was in

ukraine. it's not just ukrainians who are fighting thousands of people from abroad have joined battle, who are j. and why are they doing it a well, 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. busy i lost a stem targeted 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. upon tells me he works as a paramedic. he seems to have plenty of friends bending 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 i remember some of the us, 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 located here and i was gonna disconnect it. are you are. 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. ah,

sandra from norway has already joined the ukrainian army. they refer me to her the life she depicts on social media is not for the faint of hot 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 get it. on her social media account, he poses with weapons. she tells me she has no qualms about using her gun. but if it's

a job is what you have to do. so if the one who fires 1st, that's how it goes. we're not the attackers. we other defenders, we are not trusting any borders they kept on flights of crack. how in poland, close to ukrainian border temperatures in eastern europe, just text it to me of freezing a climate that upon has never experienced before. i joined him for the next leg of his journey. the 1st up, a military shop. he still needs a bullet professor since he isn't sure whether the army provides one. you have. well, the armor? no, but i know there is a body armor. you have 55 pond 11. he decides to go without 40 today

or maybe. but isn't that suicide mission? 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 assigning it, but i mean by chance upon meets another man who also wants to join the battle. to me, he makes a dubious impression kill kill of la kilo. hello, kayla. you oh, da man doesn't want to be filmed, 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 achy $47.00, which is used in ukraine. training at a shooting range is intended for civilians. and it's supposed to be just for fun. it's just a 2nd time that coupon has ever held a gun to 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 then o'connor 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 comm rights. it was found it just days after the war started and

its belief to have around $20000.00 members loved. come here to fight, fight the roches that fed democracy and freedom. according to the leads and they are paid equivalent of ukrainian soldiers of their rank, sometimes less than $500.00 euros a month. that contract lasts until the boys over spokesperson tells me that people who want to join have to pass several tests in ukraine when as a rule, they are sent to some of the hot spots on the front line and taking care in some very that's a delicate offensive and defensive operation, you can you prove that you don't use them as cannon fodder? well, i think it's very difficult for anyone to prove anything. and this for 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 problems. we're not ready. the russian government sees the international fight at the mercenaries, which could result in worse treatment if they are captured abroad. re, i ask an expert for his take on it. they are not. it's not a company, it's not a commercial a t t which is sending both fight affair. there is quite a difference. and as long as they are integrated into the forces of the host country, they are not messing with. i chimed upon and talked to on their way to the border, the internationally to officially only accept people with like combat experiences. but they give it a try anyway. with

time for the last voice messages on the book when when i got here, i want you to know that everything's okay. i love you. i'll send you a message when i can this, but i might say after death, i think god will judge us for what we did in life, whether it was good or bad and what model. he 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. and i hope i will meet them after death on wednesday. the,

with the man who next for them is from ukraine. they're still in ukraine. he's going to the border 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? the peace in the world and peace and agree. because we can stop before our cell. we need to sell 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? there is a good last saw. i'm not rambo. nothing special,

but each grain of sand help. and if i just saved the life of a few fighters or people who need me, i'll have made a difference, all of procedures coming up as it them. that are you on the congo. they want to join deletes in the next day. all my journey with them and here, but they promised to stay in touch with sandra, who's been at the front for quite some time, is still there and determined to stay a human brain if it's wired to just um get used to whatever situation you have to get used to, ah, and i know that sounds weird, but ah, you can get used to anything including bombing, when do you think will you be back home? i will be back when this war is over when there's no need for me here. then i will

go cup hung seems to have a bit of a roller coaster ride. the international leads and at 1st rejects him and several others. but 10 days later he tells me, deletes and suddenly did accept him. he writes, i'm happy and sends me a picture of the body armor he was given. besides, paramedic tasks could tell 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's been on the on and have you thought about leaving. she is getting a lot of gives up on those which are the 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 justice sweater for you. so you do start to think when you get the and if you have your few of the more changes. and i gotta say 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 10 days later i received news again to situation has become too intent. upon decided to leave the international legion. he now is 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. grain 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 rush and gas utilize 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, you know, different everyone's lining up 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 generated by our wind blew 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. clement availability on him. that would be tragic in the end of a naturally grown product to gemini. glad they were gonna tell us. 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. and i wrote down the mer is on site, but he actually wanted to stop the project. like when i wrote up of donald de la, difficult thought lake on studying. all the investors are exploiting the farmers

financial difficulties in the city when they receive relatively little money for their crops handy. 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, a lot of 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 granite. now this is all natural, untreated durham, wheat. shank and can tell by the fine flowery powder that sticks too. it gay. ha, ha, ha, ha, no. back in western sicily, antony no, masada. andy sanchez, epi are looking for land. they study maps to determine the right location for photovoltaic plants. this time they need at least 60 heck days of pasture, or arable land sale to renew it warner. elnora orange is on all 3 only tuning is the terrain is good and there are no legal restrictions or the purchase price can

be $25000.00 euros per hectare. go with that little. ah, vision, gay miller, you're a 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 check the soil foy erosion, which would hinder construction here. otherwise the part could soon be producing renewables. come from a diarrhea. ha, what right, that he of indian grandma, you can get a 100000 euros for sewing for hector's of land, but a fun remix of 3000 euros a year, put hector, a best cultivating graeme of 11 mill arrows. live out the last phase. that when the indigo angler saw mold, so how many years of work does it take to make as much money as i can get from us straight away love, we love you. the little bit us will be the renewables instead of farming. many sicilians fear the war in ukraine could quickly change the 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 or pasta. what been sorry. okay. shall be on this on the can't be acceptable. the cover our future energy. nance, we start carrying the greenfields of sicily into rows of windmills and solar panels . and yet i'm just facing the landscape gentlemen. there is not dorian. very doyle, mares and farmers are demanding fair pay for cultivating grain. and they say sola power could just be as well produced using rooftop panels without sacrificing fertile farm land. we went to live or the one the mountain lunar, masada doesn't understand their concerns. so he wants renewables from sicily at any price. finan lovario, diesel, diesel credit union,

you have to provide the capacity now because we're running out of rushing gas. new really been in india. narrative only have clean energy and you'll just have to harness it was with that power or bread, renewables, or farm land. the war in ukraine is forcing people in sicily to make tough choices to go. with a war ride on his 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 though be shacks. life has changed completely since she is hosting it. ringback ukrainians in her home and with warsaw, 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, agnes scott,

sylvia shag, has experienced since she took ukrainian refugees into her in poland. 12 people now live in a space normally meant for a family of full, says stalked at his 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 not as in kitten wish of murder, mystery man. when war broke out in neighboring ukraine, agnes scott offered to help with his my washer south and broccoli, or that is, i wanted to make this room available and 3 people are watching for. but then in the middle of the night, 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 fax machine. now give gary along with adobe as the war continues,

that act of kindness has become a permanent solution of families exhausted, which hasn't even worked, i guess not to go to mazda. so now i haven't known what it's like to come home to peace and quiet, not my life. and perhaps we know that to start getting back to know much about that, or that took over at 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 guess couple visits are using as this as their life when their family glee, they used to being together or 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 and if the food and everything we and the children need grandma or glass red dog 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 sofa ag nashika has not received anything. youd mealer tries to earn a little something as a cleaning lady but cant afford a place of her own i was ago and i have a children you thought that even if i only had myself to support, i to be very tough for me though. when they task, 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 you. i don't know what to do. he said, unfortunately, there is no work to be had he had years of humbling poland has taken in lots of refugees, setting flood zone and keeps them warm as a yag. but they are just no apartments and no jobs leave of 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 cent. 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, shortly. her foot rough owl to marla has also been busy helping ever since the war broke out. he let 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. z o. in europe as guilty as the european union's decision to provide funding for. refugees involves large sums of money, but it's still just a drop in the bucket that goes, but it's very little from the polish governments point of view will be it would be important to set up a fund to administer such it on behalf of the news and covered the needs of reco, geez, it was probably 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, i must say more aid is needed. this is a bit much, but it's definitely been worth it. i think his about that the go stick on it seems most polls still feel the same way and like they're 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 are from us this week at focus on europe. thank you for watching and bye for now. with ah, with

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