The man in charge, Colonel Serhiy Grom, an experienced military veteran, said there had been a rise in the number of people wanting to join his battalion over the past year as the threat of a new Russian offensive grew.
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“A big part of them are young people,” the 50-year-old told Sky News in an interview.
“The ‘young blood’ … are people who didn’t serve in the armed forces for different reasons but they passed our combat training… I must say that the young people who come – it’s a pleasure to work with them because they understand why they came.”
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