{"product_id":"carolus-lofroos-vapaaehtoiset-sotamme-ukrainassa-2014-2015","title":"Carolus Löfroos: Vapaaehtoiset – Sotamme Ukrainassa 2014-2015","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"29\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: The book is in Finnish.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"31\" data-end=\"412\"\u003eThe 2014 Ukrainian Revolution led to the occupation of Crimea and the outbreak of war in eastern Ukraine. The young Finnish-Swedish Carolus Löfroos could not stand by and watch Russia’s aggression from the sidelines. He travelled to Kyiv and joined the Azov volunteer battalion. He became part of a “foreign platoon,” whose members had come from around the world to defend Ukraine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"923\"\u003eLöfroos’s book is a detailed account of his own military expedition and of the foreign volunteers who served in eastern Ukraine. It is a straightforward, unvarnished, and at times anarchically funny description of what the bitter war fought on Europe’s borderlands looked like in its first years. With photographic precision, Löfroos describes the everyday life of a volunteer soldier, including training exercises, his eccentric comrades-in-arms, and the battles fought against Russian and separatist forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"1274\"\u003eThe work also offers a perspective on the controversial Azov Battalion, which, having grown to regimental strength, has become a significant force in Ukraine’s current war. Azov soldiers captured the city of Mariupol from rebel forces in 2014 and defended it against Russian besieging forces under extreme conditions for nearly three months in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1276\" data-end=\"1297\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003ePaperback, 436 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YFF webshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57474468086091,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/0772\/9483\/files\/Lofroosvapaaehtoiset.webp?v=1780136925","url":"https:\/\/yourfinnishfriends.org\/en\/products\/carolus-lofroos-vapaaehtoiset-sotamme-ukrainassa-2014-2015","provider":"Your Finnish Friends ry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}