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Pro Kiev foreign fighters struggle for legal status in Ukraine

Saturday, 29 August 2015 12:15 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 29 August 2015 11:14 AM ]

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Servicemen of Kiev-1,Ukrainian volunteers battalion, take part in a drill in Kiev on August 28, 2015. Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on August 27, 2015 reported the death of eight people in fresh clashes that endanger nascent talks on a new truce agreement for the war-torn separatist east. Government spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said seven Ukrainian servicemen had been killed and 13 injured in fighting that centred mostly around the pro-Russian republic of Donetsk. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY

Lena Savchuk
Press TV, Kiev

Hiring foreigners as public servants has become a trend for Ukraine’s state establishment. The country has former American and Lithuanian residents in the government and Georgians as regional governors. The president was quick to grant them Ukrainian citizenship within several days. However, that speed seems a pie in the sky for foreigners who fight in Ukraine’s east. Press TV’s Lena Savchuk has more from Kiev.

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