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Florent Coury on a bus to Ukraine, Wednesday 2 March

Why I'm fighting in Ukraine — a Frenchman explains

On Wednesday (2 March), following president Volodymyr Zelensky's call, I enlisted as a foreign volunteer in the Ukrainian army.\n \nI travelled from Brussels to the recruitment centre of a city in the western part of the country. My family and my friends have had little warning or explanation of my actions.\n \nEach time I had to discuss or explain, I minimised the situation or I told white lies about my real intentions.\n \nIn a way, I was also minimising the situation to myself, as until no...

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Florent Coury on a bus to Ukraine, Wednesday 2 March

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Florent Coury, 39, is a human resources expert who works in the French automobile sector.

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