100 Americans Approved to Join Fight Against Russia: Ukrainian Officer

Major General Borys Kremenetskyi, defense attache with the Embassy of Ukraine, listens to Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova as she speaks during a news conference at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, on Feb. 24, 2022. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo

Approximately 100 U.S. citizens have been cleared to join Ukrainian forces fighting against Russia, part of a wave of some 20,000 foreigners who have been approved after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for help.

The Americans include veterans who fought in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including helicopter pilots.