Nandi, the Valencian who has gone to Ukraine to fight “for peace in Europe”

He is visibly satisfied, one could say that even exciteda circumstance that betrays the wide smile from ear to ear that brandishes during the whole interview. Deep down, she is fulfilling “the dream of his life”which is summarized in exercising the military profession and put into practice everything learned during their time at the Spanish Special Forces some time ago, in a conflict where, moreover, things are clear and in his opinion he is well defined who is he aggressor and who is he assaulted. left Spain stealthilywithout even his wife knowing, whom he phoned once, was already in Ukraine, a country that, according to what he believes, “needs the help” of the West right now and where such transcendental things are being resolved such as “the peace in europe“. For a few weeks now, Nandi, as this stocky and tall Valencian is known here, has joined the Georgian Legiona multinational force commanded by Mamuka Mamulashvili and in which volunteers from between 25 and 30 countries.

“It is fortunate to be inducted into the Georgian Legion; although we have a major barrier With the language, Georgians and Spaniards are very similar; besides, we are under the command of Mamulashvili; he is a excellent commander“, assures from an indeterminate point of the southern front in Ukraine who has demanded that it not be disclosed. Mamuka Mamulashvili is perhaps one of the most charismatic and experienced military commanders fighting on the Ukrainian side. At the age of 14, he fought in the abkhazian war who confronted the government forces of his country and the separatists of that region in 1992 and 1993, a revolt stirred up from the neighboring Russian Federation. He has also participated in the first Chechen war on the rebel side, and in 2013 he moved to Ukraine to support the authorities that emerged from the euromaidanthen founding the unit that he now directs.

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Nandi has signed uno contract and charge A salary as a soldier, but he tries to dispel any possible comparison with a mercenary who does not care about the cause for which he fights and who only motivates a paid: “I don’t know anyone who is here for the salary“, he proclaims out loud at a moment of the meeting. He has a wife and two children, the first was very upset when she found out the news, although her son seems to better understand his need to fight. At any time, for health reasons, he can terminate the agreement and return home, although she has no intention of doing so. The return, yes, can cause legal trouble with the Spanish judicial authorities, although the growing involvement of our country in the conflict calms him down. “I have spoken with two lawyers, at first I could have problems, but from the moment Spain sends weapons, I have a feeling of calm, according to the news they give me” (the lawyers), he highlights.

The small frustration of Nandi in the time that he has been deployed appeared when he verified that the conflict in Ukraine is above all a war “between artillery”in military operations in which combats have little weight body to body. But he is “here and there”, according to what the military commanders of the multinational unit in which he has joined are willing. And during the conversation, not a single hint of doubt arises about the advisability of his presence in the Slavic country. Defending Ukraine from the Russian invasion “is a bit like defend Spain“, sentence.

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