Thai fighters set to join Ukraine forces battling against Russia

thailand knows a thing or two about fighting for its democracy these former thai air force members are now political activists known for leading protests in 2020 against the military-backed government now they see a need for their services in ukraine i have been involved in demanding democracy in my country and opposing tyranny ukrainians are also fighting for democracy and are now invaded by a superpower and a tyrant so i asked myself what i could do for them this is the reason why i applied china pongpai has started recruiting others to join him in just one day he says he received two thousand names of people interested in volunteering we fight for democracy here they fight for their democracy there we are like friends it's the same feeling the same ideology to me it's unfair to the ukrainian people because the attack happened not only at a military base but also at hospitals kindergarten schools and civilian areas this is the reason why i want to go help them if you ask me whether i'm scared to get killed of course i'm scared the ukrainian embassy in bangkok is tasked with vetting the recruits they need to provide proof of military training and have a clean criminal record pong pai said his training from two years in the air force could help the ukrainians protect civilians guard areas and secure supply lines i want to tell ukrainians that you are not fighting alone many people want to help you don't lose hope and feel that the world has abandoned you even if we are not a superpower even if we are only a small light we can shine a bright light to help you if we all join together please wait we are in the process of coming to help you thailand was among 141 countries at the united nations general assembly that voted to reprimand russia for invading ukraine and demand moscow stop fighting and withdraw its military forces while it's not clear if pongpai or his friends will be accepted to help ukraine they've already begun to prepare offering help from an unlikely corner of the world leah harding al jazeera

Channel: Al Jazeera English

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Keywords: CONFLICT, EU, Europe, NATO, Russia, Thailand, US, WAR, al jazeera, al jazeera english, aljazeera, aljazeera analysis, aljazeera breakdown, aljazeera english, aljazeera live, aljazeera news, foreign, putin, russia news, russian, ukraine, ukraine news

Id: kWjA_VmN8xc

Length: 2min 25sec (145 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 03 2022

Reddit Comments

[u/Ill-Albatross-8963]

Seriously

Don't underestimate the the Thais

Absolute Units

[u/Cytrus01]

Scary dude. Go fuck up some Ruskies!!

[u/Potietang]

If there is a silver lining to this abomination Russia has perpetrated, it’s that he is uniting the rest of the free world and it will only grow stronger.

[u/Nevillesaggybottom]

Nice of darth vadar to allow the imperial fleet to join

[u/Zer0guy56]

Show them the dim mak

[u/catsdorimjobs]

Tie fighters would be better.

[u/hydez10]

I hope some Vietnamese join, they are bad asses

[u/minscc]

Let's hope they brought some local food with them, good for morale.

[u/MorgwynOfRavenscar]

Holy shit. Now we'll see Russian tanks cracked open by knees and elbows.