A US Army veteran traveling to Ukraine to fight against Russia slammed President Vladimir Putin’s ‘way of thinking,’ and called on Americans to step up by helping those in Ukraine affected by the devastating attack.
‘What’s happening in there is atrocious. This is a totally unprovoked attack,’ said 25-year-old Jericho Skye.
‘We as the world have to fight, not only tyranny but fight this individual’s [Putin] way of thinking that you can just come and brutalize whoever you want and take over. It’s up to us to hold that line and show him [Putin] that we as the world are not going to take this.’
Skye, a father of one from California, was a military police investigator in the US Army for four years. In volunteering with the Ukrainian Foreign Legion, Skye says he’s expecting to be placed wherever the legion deems he will be of the best use.
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He told SWNS that while he has never served in active combat, he isn’t scared of the Russian army and will do ‘whatever’s necessary to protect these people.’
On Monday, Skye hitched a ride from a truck driver in Dorohusk, Poland to cross the border into Ukraine.
The California native said he never believed Putin would invade, but as the fighting enters its eleventh day, he said he felt he needed to take action.
‘I’m here to protect as many people as possible for combat support, for combat life-saving support on the front lines. I’m just trying to provide these civilians some sort of protection,’ he said.
Skye served as military policeman in the 137th Military Police Detachment of the US army, and felt he was better equipped than many Americans who are unsure how to help those in Ukraine.
‘Some people feel that they’ve seen what’s happening and feel they want to do something. But talk is really cheap, especially in the US,’ Skye said. ‘It’s easy to say that you want to do one thing while you’re sitting on your couch and watching it on the television and it’s a whole other thing to actually offer your support in whatever ways you can.’
He says he hopes to be able to relay information back to America about how US citizens can provide aide to those in Ukraine.
‘People in the US, I hear that they want to do something, but it’s a matter of what can they do,’ he said. ‘So when I get in there I’ll be relaying information about as to what needs I see that are not being filled and different ways they [US citizens] can help out.’
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