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No Thai military volunteers in Ukraine, says charge d’affaires

Ukrainian chargé d’affaires Oleksandr Lysak speaks to reporters in Bangkok on Friday. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)

There are no Thai citizens in Ukraine serving as military volunteers in the fight against invading Russian troops, a senior Ukrainian diplomat said on Friday.

Chargé d’affaires Oleksandr Lysak was responding at a press conference on Friday to previous reports of Thais respondiing to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call for  “international brigade” to help defend his country against Russian forces.

Mr Lysak said there were no Thai volunteers in Ukraine serving with the military.

“I would like to thank the Royal Thai Government and Thai people for their significant and substantial support for Ukraine,” he said. 

The embassy had received about 7 million baht in donations from Thai people….

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