Talk:Foreign fighters in the Russo-Ukrainian War

"Foreing Volunteers"
There is a section that talks about foreign volunteers of the far-left and mentions the "Communist Party of Ukraine and labor organizations". I think it would be good to add at the beginning that these were local volunteers ComradeHektor (talk) 17:48, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Foreign Mercenaries - Volunteers Who Have Lost their Lives Fighting For Ukraine
(The following list is not complete, since not all victims names are being shared) The Date stated is the Date of Death) Names with (Ukraine) are either dual citizens or were born in Ukraine.

MERCENARIES FROM UNITED STATES: 1 ) Joseph Clark Apr 10 2022 2 ) William Cancel April 25 2022 3 ) Grady Kurpasi April 26 2022 4 ) Stephen Zabielski May 15 2022 5 ) Dalton Kennedy May 22 2022 6 ) Luke Lucyszyn July 18 2022 7 ) Bryan Young July 18 2022 8 ) Joshua Jones August 23 2022 9 ) Steven Munroe October 1 2022 10 ) Paul Kim October 5 2022 11 ) Dane Partridge October 11 2022 12 ) Skyler Greggs October 11 2022 13 ) Timothy Griffin November 5 2022 14 ) Trent Davis November 8 2022 15 ) Gordon Kaleff November 27 2022 16 ) Clayton Hightower December 4 2022 17 ) Aleksandr Sniehurovskyi December 20 2022 18 ) Daniel Swift Jan 19 2023 19 ) Peter Reed February 2, 2023 20 ) Andrew Peters February 16 2023 21 ) Edward Walter Wilton April 7 2023 22 ) Christopher Campbell April 7 2023 23 ) Cooper Harris Andrews April 19 2023 24 ) Randal Castillo April 26 2023 25 ) Nathan - Michael Keener Apr 26 2023 26 ) Bradley Jarema May 10 2023 27 ) Nicholas Maimer May 16 2023 28 ) Uliana Voytovich - Nielsen (Ukraine) May 21 2023 29 ) Michael Yavorsky May 26 2023 30 ) Ian Tortorici Jun 27 2023 31 ) Derek Tran Jul 13 2023 32 ) Lance Lawrence Jul 29 2023 33 ) Andrew Weber Jul 29 2023 34 ) Jeffrey Jones Jul 31 2023 35 ) Jericho Magallon Sep 6 2023 36 ) Dalton Medlin Sep 26 2023 37 ) Vladimir Mironyuk (Ukraine) Sep 30 2023 38 ) David Cote Sep 30 2023 39 ) Alex Coburn (Ukraine) Oct 3 2023 40 ) David Baturin (Ukraine) Oct 7 2023 41 ) Chase Gaia Oct 15 2023

MERCENARIES FROM CANADA: 1) Emile Roy - Sirois Jul 18 2022 2) Joseph Hildebrand Nov 6 2022 3) Grygorii Tsekhmistrenko Jan 14 2023 4) Kyle Ronald Porter April 27 2023 5) Cole Zelenko April 27 2023 6) Anthony Ihnat Sep 9 2023

US Victims - Non Combat: 1) Serge Zevlever Feb 26 2022 2) Brent Anthony Renaud March 13 2022 (Journalist) 3) James Whitney Hill March 17 2022 (Teacher)

UNITED KINGDOM MERCENARIES FROM ENGLAND: 1) Scott Sibley April 23 2022 2) Jordan Gatley Jun 10/5 2022 3) Paul Urey Jul 10 2022 4) Robert Grady Aug 2022 5) Craig Mackintosh Aug 24 2022 6) Viktor Yatsunyk Sep 17 2022 7) Simon Lingard Nov 7 2022 8) Andrew Bagshaw (also a NZ) Jan 6 2023 9) Christopher Parry Jan 6 2023 10) James Shortt Feb 22 2023 11) Jay Morais Feb 26 2023 12) Scouse __?__ Feb 28 2023 13) Jordan Pavey Apr 2023 14) Julian Thorn May 21 2023 15) Jordan Chadwick Jun 25 2023 16) Daniel Burke Aug 19 2023 17) Samuel Newey Aug 30 2023 18) Scott(y) ____ Sep 20 2023 19) Tatiana Millard (Ukraine) Oct 9 2023 20) Christopher Perryman Oct 24 2023

MERCENARIES FROM IRELAND: 1) Mark McCain Mar 19 2022 2) Oleksandr Zavhorodniy (Ukraine) Mar 30 2022 3) Rory Mason Sep 28 2022 4) Joseph Guemboura Mar 22 2023 5) Finbar Cafferkey Apr 19 2023

MERCENARIES FROM SCOTLAND: Jonathan Shenkin Dec 18 2022

MERCENARIES FROM NEW ZELANDERS: 1) Dominic Abelen Aug 24 2022 2) Kane Te Tai Mar 20 2023

MERCENARIES FROM AUSTRALIA: 1) Michael O'Neill May 25 2022 2) Jed Danahay Aug 24 2022 3) Trevor Kjeldal Nov 2 2022 4) Sage O'Donnell Dec 21 2022 5) Goldthorpe Digby Feb 2023

MERCENARIES FROM FRANCE: 1) Frederic Leclerc - Imhoff May 30 2022 2) Wilfried Bleriot Jun 4 2022 3) Adrien Dugay - Leyoudec Jun 25 2022 4) Sebastian Landes Jul 4 2022 5) Gaston Besson Nov 13 2022 6) David "Stryder" Feb 7 2023 7) Andrea Gallozi Feb 16 2023 8) Kevin David Mar 23 2023 9) Arman Solden May 9 2023 10) Igor Gouskov (Ukraine) May 20 2023 11) Maeva Naudon May 23 2023

MERCENARIES FROM BELGIUM: Artemi Dymyd (Ukraine) Jun 18 2022

MERCENARIES FROM SWEDEN: 1) Edvard Patrignani Jul 18 2022 2) "Nico" unknown Dec 12 2022 3) Lennart Johansson Feb 18 2023 4) Daniel Nystrom May 25 2023 5) Johan Fredriksson Oct 11 2023

MERCENARIES FROM NETHERLANDS: Ronald Vogelaar May 4 2022

MERCENARIES FROM DENMARK: 1) Anthony Tai Anh-Vo Apr 28 2022 2) Oskar Johansson Oct 10 2023

MERCENARIES FROM NORWAY: Geir Kenneth Bjerkelund Jun 6 2022

MERCENARIES FROM SPAIN: 1) Angel Martinez Jun 18 2022 2) Emma Igual Sep 9 2023

MERCENARIES FROM ITALY: Benjamin Giorgio Galli Sep 18 2022

MERCENARIES FROM AUSTRIA: Natalia Frauscher Jun 26 2022

MERCENARIES FROM GERMANY: 1) Daniel Gerliani Jun 3 2022 2) Bjorn Clavis Jul 13 2022 3) Jurgen Hansen Feb 24 2023 4) Patrick Partetzke Apr 7 2023 5) Peter Hermann Sep 10 2023

MERCENARIES FROM CROATIA: 1) Andro Fabijanic Sep 17 2022 2) Tomislav Chaushich Sep 2023 3) Tomislav Tkalac 2023

MERCENARIES FROM CZECH: 1) Michal J___ Nov 2022 2) Martin Taylor May 15 2023

MERCENARIES FROM ESTONIA: 1) Ivo Jurak Mar 7 2023 2) Tanel Kriggul Sep 30 2023

MERCENARIES FROM LITHUANIA: Mantas Kvedaravicius Apr 2 2022

MERCENARIES FROM LATVIA: Vitalijs Smirnovs Oct 1 2023

MERCENARIES FROM BRAZIL: 1) Andre Haka Jun 5 2022 2) Thalita Do Valle Jun 30 2022 3) Douglas Rodrigues Burigo Jul 1 2022 4) O Petros May 24 2023 5) Antonio Hashitani Aug 3 2023

MERCENARIES FROM COLOMBIA: 1) Jaime Munoz Barazeta Aug 27 2022 2) Jorge Borja Garay Nov 2022 3) Olman Medina Nov 2 2022 4) Heiner Julian Parada Fuentes Feb 2 2023 5) Wilfrido Caraballo Romero Mar 2023 6) Manuel Ferley Barrios Mar 26 2023 7) Jose Nelson Garcia Farasica May 30 2023 8) Moreno Cristian Danyan Pacheco May 30 2023 9) Jorge Alexi Ortega Jul 2023 10) Christian Camilo Marquez Jul 2022 11) Edisson Giraldo Jul 19 2023 12) Juan Muñoz Aug 4 2023 13) Ronald Solano Aug 16 2023 14) Betancourt Yerson Aug 28 2023 15) Alejandro Herrera Evia Sep 4 2023 16) Jhoan Sebastian Ceron Oct 7 2023 17) Jose Gutierrez Martinez Oct 22 2023

MERCENARIES FROM COSTA RICA: Roy Espinoza Aug 11 2023

MERCENARIES FROM PERU: 1) Wildor Villegas Basilio Jun 6 2023 2) Miguel Angel Zamudio Yaya Jun 6 2023 3) Cipriano Cardenas Jul 6 2023 4) Michael Romero Zevallos Aug 14 2023 5) Jean Espino Ramirez Oct 27 2023

MERCENARIES FROM ARGENTINA: 1) Taras Kuzmin (Ukraine) Nov 4 2022 2) Bernardo Gentili Apr 2 2023

MERCENARIES FROM ISRAEL: 1) Alexander Khalif Jul 13 2022 2) Andrei Glembotsky Aug 23 2022 3) Dima Fialka Sep 1 2022 4) Rafael Nikanorov Sep 1 2022 5) Gennady Mikhel Oct 28 2022 6) Andrei Reznikov Nov 7 2022 7) Alexander Dubovik Dec 23 2022 8) Konstantin Mrochko Mar 8 2023 9) Rodion Vainer Mar 23 2023

MERCENARIES FROM JAPAN: Shuto Fukuyama 2022

MERCENARIES FROM TAIWAN: Tseng Sheng-guang Nov 2 2022 Valcot2018 (talk) 22:40, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Liu1126 (talk) 23:56, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Currently, there is no such list available online, or openly available, where it states a list of foreign mercenaries who have died during the russian ukrainian conflict 2022-2023. To list sources, you will have to add some 170 links. its possible to do. will take time.
 * again, not one news source will state all these names with dates.
 * So, the specific changes, to answer your question: A list of foriegn mercenaries who have fought, and died in ukraine. Valcot2018 (talk) 02:39, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
 * The large flaw in the article is that only Georgia and Belarus is mentioned under the subtitle "Ukrainian side". Obviously the by far largest number of foreign mercenaries are from the above mentioned countries, such as USA, UK, France, Israel etc.
 * Also NOT mentioned are military contractors hired by the Ukrainian government such as Academi, G.O.A. Tactical, the International Legion, nor is it mentioned, that Ukrainian oligarchs hired mercenaries to protect their financial assets. 77.11.120.67 (talk) 14:38, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Incorrect date
The last sentence of paragraph 5 of the section "Russian side" incorrectly states that Nepal stopped issuing visas in December 2024. It should be fixed to January. 73.63.211.159 (talk) 12:45, 19 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Corrected. TylerBurden (talk) 22:15, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Input on changing the ordering of the sides, and overall reordering of some parts
I think I saw similar parrarels for the article with the Boer foreign fighters units in that, it makes more sense to list Ukraine side volunteers first after the topic on the Donbass and the invasion rather than Russia first

The structuring of the chronology with in regards to foreign volunteers participation are also preferably restructured to make the invaded country be the main topic (since that's how it evolved now in regards to foreign volunteers joining) Benfor445 (talk) 17:52, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 25 March 2024
There is a spelling error: Under the "List of notable expatriate units in Ukraine" section in the Pro-Russian units part it says "Pizrak Brigade" when the name is "Prizrak Brigade". ZDeight (talk) 10:43, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ RudolfRed (talk) 04:46, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Term "foreign fighter" inconclusive and not well defined. Should use "mercenary" instead.
Since the beginning of this conflict I've seen this term brought up in various news outlets and used here on Wikipedia, but I never found an actual definition of it. What exactly distinguishes a foreign fighter from a mercenary, and is that distinction of any practical use in a combat situation? Are foreign fighters protected by Geneva Conventions, for example?

If you look at the definition of "mercenary" at merriam-webster, you would find that a "mercenary: one that serves merely for wages, especially: a soldier hired into foreign service".

This definition goes in contrast to the United Nations Mercenary Convention, who have to fulfill multiple "points", if I understand correctly, including things like "(b) Is motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a party to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that promised or paid to combatants of similar rank and functions in the armed forces of that party" and "(d) Is not a member of the armed forces of a party to the conflict;"

However even this extensive definition is not satisfactory. When it comes to the treatment of POWs, it is difficult to determine how much salary they were paid and whether or not their units were part of the "official" army, if that makes any sense at all. I observed most often in this war, the distinction was made by the passport the captured combatant had. So if anyone is reading this, feel free to share your opinion. JustaPonyrideAway (talk) 19:38, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Foreign fighters are not necessarily mercenaries. A mercenary is fighting because they're being paid. A foreign fighter can be voluntarily fighting. There is a rich history of foreign fighters in various conflicts (e.g. Spanish civil war) and this term is widely used (see a Google Scholar search, ), so I don't see a problem.
 * Here are some citations specifically using "foreign fighter" as a term in the Ukraine context:, , , , , , , Bondegezou (talk) 08:14, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 5 May 2024
The pro-Ukrainian platform InformNapalm, using information hacked from a Russian military recruitment officer in Tula, has showed that over 200 Cubans have allegedly joined the Russian armed forces. Leaked documents indicate the recruits may have been lured to Russia with the promise of significant pay and Russian citizenship. 2601:445:680:85E0:506F:1857:B1F0:21D3 (talk) 22:32, 5 May 2024 (UTC)