Americans Shouldn’t Join War in Ukraine, Blinken Says

An instructor trains members of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the Armed Forces, in a city park in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 22, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said March 2 that Americans should refrain from traveling to Ukraine to help in that country’s conflict with Russia.

Blinken’s warning came the same day Ukraine temporarily lifted visa requirements for foreign volunteers to enter the country. On Feb. 28, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the formation of the “International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine,” calling for “citizens of the world” to join the fight against Russia’s invasion.