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(Paris = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyeon Hye-ran = Frenchman Alain Beisel (57), who participated in the Russian invasion of Ukraine as an ‘international volunteer force’ and escaped, did not consider himself a hero or a survivor.
The filmmaker, Mr. Beisel, told the French daily Le Monde about his terrible memories of the Russian military bombing of the Yavoriv base in western Ukraine on the 13th (local time).
Mr. Beisel is said to have decided to join the war because he was outraged by the fascist behavior of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who invaded a sovereign state seeking democracy away from the former Soviet Union.
Arriving in Krakow, Poland by plane from Paris, France, he took a train to the Ukrainian border, and took a small bus to the Javoriv base the day before the bombing.
The Yavoriv Base, which was the site where NATO trained Ukrainian troops near Poland, has been used as a gathering place for foreign volunteers since the beginning of the Ukrainian War.
Beisel remembered that there were volunteers of various nationalities, including Britain, Spain, New Zealand, the United States, Poland, and France.
Waking up early the next morning after unpacking at the base, he went out to smoke a cigarette and heard a deafening loud explosion around 5:30 a.m.
Colleagues who were asleep at the sound of the explosion destructive beyond words came out in their pajamas and without shoes.
When the second missile fell, flames soared into the sky, and it was said to be as bright as daytime in all directions. In the memory of Mr. Beisel, who hid in the trench, the bombing continued for about an hour and about 10 missiles were dropped.
When the bombing subsided, a British man in his fifties said that if he wanted to leave the base, he had to leave now, saying he thought everyone understood the seriousness of the situation.
Beisel, who was surprised that three-quarters of those who raised their hand to return, said they were from professional military backgrounds, said, “To be left without weapons, ammunition, or troops ready for war was suicidal.” He explained why he decided to
At that time, there were about 400 men at the scene, but only 60 to 70 of them were in possession of weapons. Mr. Bezel and others, who had two weeks of training, were not given weapons.
Ten minutes after the bus with Mr. Beisel and others left, the Yavoriv base was hit by a second missile attack. Ukrainian officials said 35 people were killed in the attack, while the Russian Defense Ministry said 180 people were killed.
After many twists and turns, Mr. Beisel and four other Frenchmen came to Poland and returned to Paris two days later with the help of the French embassy in Poland.
In South Korea, 9 South Korean citizens, including former Captain Lee Geun, have not left Ukraine since the 2nd day, an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 18th.
“It is estimated that many of them entered the country to participate in the foreign military,” the official said.
runran@yna.co.kr
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