{"id":16515,"date":"2022-02-27T19:09:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T19:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/02\/27\/want-to-go-fight-for-ukraine-heres-what-to-do\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:54:12","slug":"want-to-go-fight-for-ukraine-heres-what-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/02\/27\/want-to-go-fight-for-ukraine-heres-what-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to go fight for Ukraine? Here\u2019s what to do."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Editor\u2019s note: In a <\/b>follow-up story<\/b><\/a>, Ukraine officials have again stressed that they are only seeking those with military training to take part in combat. People without military training or combat experience should not travel to Ukraine intending to fight, officials added. The U.S. State Department also recommends citizens not travel to Ukraine.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under siege by its much larger and more powerful neighbor, Ukraine has been so far able to slow down Russia\u2019s attack, <\/a>a senior U.S. defense official said Sunday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is a long fight ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Russians have been frustrated<\/a>. They have been slowed. They have been stymied, and they have been resisted by Ukrainians, and to some degree, they\u2019ve done it to themselves in terms of their fuel and logistics and sustainment problems,\u201d the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to brief reporters. \u201cBut as I said earlier, we would expect them to learn from these issues and adapt to them and try to overcome them. So I think we all need to be very sober here. in recognizing that this is combat, and combat is ugly, it\u2019s messy, it\u2019s bloody, and it\u2019s not wholly predictable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And to that end, Ukraine is calling on foreigners who want to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has created \u201cThe International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t