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FamilyRe: Wife Abandoned Husband After Cashing Out 35M by JJCLOVE: 9:04pm On Jul 17
Your money is our money, my money is my money. Lol
CelebritiesRe: Goodluck Jonathan’s Son Ariwera Graduates From Manchester Metropolitan Universit by JJCLOVE: 9:18pm On Jul 16
Don't behave like Sheyi you hear?
Congratulations boy Good luck.
EducationRe: FG Hikes WAEC, NECO Examination Fees To ₦50,000 by JJCLOVE: 11:09am On Jul 12
More drop out for sure.
The north will surely suffer from this
Foreign AffairsRe: Thousands March In South Africa Anti-immigration Protests by JJCLOVE: 6:21pm On Jun 30
Wishing them best of luck
Foreign AffairsUkraine Opens Its Military To The Global Recruitment Market by JJCLOVE(op): 11:10pm On Jun 25
Ukraine's Defense Minister Fedorov announced on June 22, 2026, that licensed private firms will receive approximately $7,400 per foreign recruit brought into the Defense Forces.
Ukraine aims to fill 30 to 50 percent of assault and infantry positions with foreign nationals, with monthly salaries reaching up to $11,100 for front-line assault troops.
Ukraine is turning to the global labor market to fill its infantry ranks, with Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announcing, that the government will license private recruitment companies to sign up foreign nationals for the Ukrainian Defense Forces, paying those firms approximately $7,400 per recruit they bring in while offering the soldiers themselves monthly salaries of up to $11,100 for front-line assault positions, in what Fedorov described as the first stage of the biggest military service reform in Ukraine’s history.

The announcement, made in an interview with the YouTube channel Pressing and reported by United24 Media, formalizes and scales a recruitment activity that has been operating informally for years. Thousands of foreign fighters have served with Ukrainian forces since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022, primarily through the International Legion of Ukraine, a volunteer formation established by presidential decree that has attracted fighters from dozens of countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Georgia, and across Europe. Fedorov acknowledged that several organizations already operating in Ukraine have been finding, processing, and accompanying foreigners who want to join Ukrainian service.

“This is already an established process,” Fedorov said in the interview. “There are several institutions in Ukraine that conduct recruitment of foreigners. They have already brought thousands of people.”

What the new framework adds is scale, structure, and financial incentive. Under the mechanism currently being prepared for Cabinet approval, private companies will be able to obtain licenses to recruit foreign nationals and will receive 300,000 hryvnias, approximately $7,400 at current exchange rates, for each foreigner they successfully bring into Ukrainian service. Fedorov specified that payments will be staged across the recruitment and integration process rather than paid as a lump sum upon signing, a design intended to hold firms accountable not just for finding candidates but for preparing, accompanying, and integrating them through training and into operational units.

The target the ministry is working toward is substantial: Fedorov said Ukraine aims to have foreign nationals fill between 30 and 50 percent of all assault and infantry positions in the Defense Forces. That would represent a fundamental shift in the demographic composition of Ukraine’s ground combat units, the formations that bear the highest casualties and are most directly responsible for the outcome of the attritional fighting that has defined the war’s most recent phase. Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi described the reform package as the first stage of a large-scale transformation, with further changes to recruitment and mobilization to follow in subsequent phases.

The salary figures Fedorov cited are designed to make Ukraine competitive in the international market for military volunteers and experienced fighters. Average monthly pay of approximately $7,200 for infantry positions, rising to as much as $11,100 for assault troops, represents a significant premium over what comparable roles pay in most Western military forces, where a new infantry soldier typically earns between $2,500 and $4,000 per month depending on the country and experience level. Fedorov described the new compensation rates as the highest infantry salaries in the world, a claim that reflects the genuine scarcity and value of experienced ground fighters willing to serve in high-intensity combat. The pay increases are part of a broader salary reform announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on June 12, 2026, which also raised base pay for non-combat roles to a minimum of approximately $670 per month and introduced new fixed-term contracts giving soldiers a defined service duration for the first time since the full-scale invasion began.

The appeal of those rates to the target audience, however, comes with a complication that Ukraine’s own Deputy Defense Minister Mstislav Banik acknowledged publicly. Current Ukrainian law allows foreign contract soldiers to terminate their service after completing six months, a provision that creates a retention problem if the government is aiming for foreign nationals to constitute up to half of its assault formations. Banik said the ministry is working on the issue but declined to state whether the six-month exit provision will be changed, noting that discussions were ongoing. Addressing that question will be critical to the reform’s long-term success, because a recruitment pipeline producing thousands of foreign soldiers per month loses most of its strategic value if a significant fraction exercises the six-month exit option before accumulating meaningful combat experience.

The logistical and legal framework for scaling to the ministry’s ambitions will require resolving several layers of complexity. Foreign fighters must be screened for military background, processed through Ukrainian immigration and military registration systems, placed into units where language barriers can be managed, and integrated into training pipelines that prepare them for the specific conditions of the war they are joining, which differs substantially from the conventional and counterinsurgency environments most Western volunteer fighters have experienced previously. The staged payment structure for recruiting firms is designed to align those firms’ financial incentives with successful integration rather than mere headcount, but the operational chain from a private recruiter in, say, London or Warsaw to a combat-ready soldier in a Ukrainian assault unit involves multiple handoffs where quality can be lost.

The scale Fedorov described, tens of recruiting companies bringing in thousands of foreign soldiers per month, would represent one of the most ambitious military manpower initiatives any country has attempted in the modern era outside of wartime conscription. Russia, by comparison, has drawn approximately 24,000 African fighters over the entire course of the war and deployed roughly 10,000 to 12,000 North Korean soldiers, numbers that became significant individually but have not transformed the fundamental composition of Russian ground forces. Ukraine is targeting something categorically more ambitious: a structural change to who fills its most dangerous combat roles, implemented through a licensed commercial recruitment market with financial incentives aligned to outcomes rather than inputs.

“We are opening the foreign recruitment market to strengthen combat units and preserve the lives of Ukrainian service members,” Fedorov said.

Source: https://defence-blog.com/ukraine-will-pay-firms-7400-per-foreign-soldier-they-recruit/

PoliticsRe: FG Discovers Platinum, Lithium, Rare Earth Deposits In Kaduna by JJCLOVE: 10:20pm On Jun 25
The main reason why bandits took over my village since 2020 till date, no single house is standing in my village in kaduna. Lo and behold, the said resources could be seen everywhere and is already being illegally mined.
CelebritiesRe: Angela Okorie Burns Dress She Wore To Alex Ekubo's Burial (Photo) by JJCLOVE: 6:41pm On Jun 22
How about the undies she wore?
Yeyebrity
CelebritiesRe: Angela Okorie Burns Dress She Wore To Alex Ekubo's Burial (Photo) by JJCLOVE: 6:40pm On Jun 22
How about the undies she wore? Yeyebrity
Christianity EtcRe: Is Restitution Still Necessary For A Genuinely Born Again Christian? by JJCLOVE: 12:15pm On Jun 21
Uhmm! I'm not perfect either.
I want to believe that should I take anything that is not mine and when I realised how wrong it was and ask God for forgiveness genuinely and at that point I don't have the resources for restitution I'll trust God that I am free in Christ Jesus now that I am a new creature and move on.
CrimeRe: EFCC To Probe VeryDarkMan, Deji Adeyanju Over Alleged Terrorism Financing by JJCLOVE: 11:25am On Jun 20
This is called SHOW OF SHAME
PoliticsRe: Isa Ashiru Wins ADC Governorship Ticket For Kaduna State by JJCLOVE: 3:50pm On Jun 09
What are you saying?
Una Sani did not do 1% of 1000 times what El-Rufai did.
That senseless man that doesn't care about anybody?
Even the pending projects of El-Rufai he couldn't even complete one

Akpakomiza2:
This is very untrue. Sani has outperformed El rufai. He has sited more projects in SK more than any other governor. Rufai hardly had any project in SK that is why he was hated. You hardly hear of insecurity. For the first time ever, APC cleared southern kaduna which gave Kudan his largest votes in the last cycle. Most of those that supported Kudan have abandoned him.
PoliticsRe: Kebbi Ex-APC Chairman Said Nigeria Was Better Under Tinubu, Then Got Kidnapped by JJCLOVE: 12:09pm On Jun 06
Congratulations Mr chairman, it's your turn to enjoy the paradise APC of Tifnubu that you claimed is now better.
RomanceRe: I Cleaned My Girlfriend’s House And Instantly Wanted To Break Up ( Part 2) by JJCLOVE: 2:11pm On May 27
Should I tell you of my cousin brother's wife?

Bro, taking her as a wife be rest assured of living with that which your running from for the rest of your life till death do you part.

In summary:
Expect nothing different, expect less.
Car TalkRe: Bought A Brand New Toyota Hilux 2025,my Experience. by JJCLOVE: 11:08pm On May 26
SeaTrade:
N63m ,3.150m for comprehensive insurance,
66.150m total.
Motherfuckers say I gats buy the back cover too separate,another 3m angry
Thanks!
God abeg, when will we touch this money?
This car has built my animal farm from scratch to the operation stage aswear.
HealthRe: Number Of People Receiving Treatment For HIV In States In Nigeria (May 2026) by JJCLOVE: 3:11pm On May 13
Konji doing evangelism than missionaries could comprehend.
PoliticsRe: Former Minister, Isa Pantami Breaks Down In Tears After Being Denied APC Ticket by JJCLOVE: 7:29am On May 09
Obviously no Nigerian politician is truly having Nigeria at heart.
Do you think these tears are truly meant for the sake of the people he was to represent?
He's only crying for the allowances he's going to miss.
HealthRe: The High Rate Of Unprotected Sex by JJCLOVE: 1:49pm On May 08
We are talking PO and Kwankwasiya you guys are busy talking konji...like seriously?
With the kind wahala promax wey Tifnubu they give us Una konji still de alive
PoliticsRe: “I Will Consult Widely” – Goodluck Jonathan Responds To Fresh Calls To Contest by JJCLOVE: 9:34pm On May 07
This is a bad idea already
PoliticsRe: "Have I Ever Failed To Get Ticket" - Atiku's Interview Before Peter Obi Left ADC by JJCLOVE: 7:22pm On May 06
Confused and greedy old man who love only himself
Car TalkRe: Camry 013 Vs Corolla 2013: Please House Urgent Assistant On Which Car To Choose by JJCLOVE: 12:10pm On May 02
The Camry is bae and best to go for.
PhonesRe: Man Storms MTN Office, Demands Answers As 150GB Finishes In 6 Days (Video) by JJCLOVE: 6:12pm On Apr 30
Same here o, my 12GB didn't do 3 days I just saw that my data got finished just doing WhatsApp and nairaland
CareerRe: What are the Best Career Paths in Nigeria? by JJCLOVE: 2:52pm On Apr 30
Isn't Kidnapping lucrative than any?
RomanceRe: His Girlfriend Gave Him Money To Relocate And He Dumped Her by JJCLOVE: 9:04am On Apr 29
If you believe this story it means you believe in Jagaban
TravelRe: Fuel: From N2.1m In January, We Now Spend N7.6m On Every Flight – Ibom Air by JJCLOVE: 6:05pm On Apr 27
Jagaban is working...una never see anything yet.
Until everyone's bombom red, una no go get sense. Sai Lagos boy.
CrimeRe: CCTV Footage Of Bandits Trying To Invade A Residential Home In Benin City(video) by JJCLOVE: 3:07pm On Apr 23
The hand of jagaban stretching everywhere...
CrimeRe: Rescued Benue JAMB Candidates Identify Arrested Herdsmen Behind Kidnap by JJCLOVE: 7:27am On Apr 21
symbianDON:
What of the young man, the student from UNIJOS who viral video of kidnappers brutality had circulated? What has become of him??
He was killed by the animals in human form, after collecting ransom.
PoliticsRe: EFCC To Arrest Sadiya Umar Farouq, Bashir Nura Alkali Over $1.3m, ₦746.6m Fraud by JJCLOVE: 10:18pm On Apr 16
God will pun?sh this wicke§ woman.
She trained hundreds of thousands of Nigerian youths in the name of Npower Nexit, used their details for documentation, and divert all the money that was meant for the beneficiaries.
There's God o...let her go and face it now.
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Supporter In Wheelchair Declares “I Want To Lie Down On His Mandate”(vid) by JJCLOVE: 10:34pm On Mar 31
Hanty u say...?
The problem be say If itel you say TINUBU Nokia about the citizens you go ask me how I Tecno... 😏
PoliticsRe: Tinubu Seeks Senate Approval To Borrow $6 Billion by JJCLOVE: 10:07pm On Mar 31
If itel you say TINUBU Nokia about the citizens you go ask me how I Tecno... 😏
PoliticsRe: Aminu Gwarzo resigns as Kano Deputy Governor by JJCLOVE: 2:49pm On Mar 28
I see governor Abba bringing Sule Garo as his deputy. While the resigned deputy I foresee him sitting on the governor's seat comes 2027 as the executive govern of Kano state.
Let the I's have it.
PoliticsRe: Corruption Allegations: Reps Summon Dangote, NMDPRA CEO by JJCLOVE: 12:49pm On Dec 16, 2025
In 2Baba's voice..."nothing de happen..." Something de happen

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