The Risks of Foreign Fighters in the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
The Risks of Foreign Fighters in the Ukraine-Russia Conflict

Author(s): Arkadiusz Legieć
Subject(s): Governance, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Studies in violence and power, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Russian Federation; Ukraine; foreign fighters; Russian-Ukrainian conflict; security; terrorism; radicalism; hybrid warfare;
Summary/Abstract: In none of the conflicts in the post-Soviet area have so many foreign fighters participated than in the conflict in eastern Ukraine since 2014. It is estimated that more than 17,000 fighters from 55 countries have fought there on either side. Those fighting on the Russian side pose a special challenge to Ukraine’s security and to neighbouring countries because these fighters can engage in terrorism or other radical actions and are part of Russia’s hybrid warfare.

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