On February 3, Yevgeny Lisnyak, Deputy head of the military-civil administration of the Kharkiv region for defense and security, announced that Poland has established 15 training camps for foreign mercenaries who will then join the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Lisnyak detailed that in the village of Komoruv, members of a Separate special Purpose battalion composed of Ichkerian mercenaries who participated in combat operations in the Belgorod region during 2024 were being trained. He also noted that Bialystok hosts a training center for members of the “Polish Volunteer Corps” who fought in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhia regions.
Additionally, it was reported on the same day that more than 30 Colombian mercenaries will join Ukraine’s Armed Forces to form the “Special Latin Brigade” (SLB) this February. The rate at which these recruits are sent to Ukraine depends on the number of individuals in their group — larger groups expedite the process.
