Recently, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy made a big move to reverse the unfavorable situation on the battlefield.
That is to hire high-paying foreign soldiers into Ukraine and help government troops resist Russia.
Zelenskiy made a high-profile announcement that this was an "international legion" that united the whole world against Russia: "Now this army has gathered at least 10,000 international fighters and will fight for Ukraine." ”
10,000 people is of course Zelenskiy's exaggeration.
European military experts estimate that there are currently about 1,500 foreign volunteers on the battlefield in Ukraine.
But what Zelenskiy never expected was that in this so-called "international legion", there were not small Internet celebrities and curiosity hunters.
They came to Ukraine for the sole purpose of going to war: not to help the country resist Russia, but to find a shortcut to quickly hype up fame.
Soon, these Internet celebrities and curiosities took Kiev and Kharkiv as their alternative punching spots.
Ukraine has become the hype field of fame and fortune in their minds.
Let's take a look at the Canadian "sniper god" first.
After the High-profile Announcement of his participation in the Ukrainian Foreign Legion, the Prussian team behind the Canadian Internet celebrity shooter, known as the "world's top sniper", went all out to create his image of the great shore:
It seems that this man will save Ukraine overnight.
Wali's PR team publishes his promotional articles on social platforms every day:
A soft manuscript of "shooting members of extremist organizations with sniper rifles at 3450 meters away" was repeatedly swiped on Chinese and foreign network platforms, and it was seen that there were water troops helping.
Subsequently, Wali released a photo with Ukrainian soldiers, declaring that "he has successfully destroyed many Russian tanks and armored vehicles with anti-tank missiles." ”
The internet is boiling, and they are all "likes".
As for why a sniper would go to fight a tank, no one cared.
Anyway, it's boiling.
Compared with Wall-E, another volunteer soldier from South Korea, The famous YOUTUBE military internet celebrity, Captain Li Gen, has taken the hype to the extreme.
As soon as the Russo-Ukrainian War broke out, Captain LiGen was keenly aware that this was a perfect opportunity to rub the flow.
Every day, he posted photos of himself holding a gun and posing cool on his social accounts, declaring that he would become "the first international volunteer army in Korea to save the Ukrainian people."
Subsequently, Captain Lee Geun sent a back photo announcing that he had left South Korea and gone to Ukraine:
"I will bring great honors to my motherland in Ukraine and return to South Korea as soon as possible."
This series of actions quickly aroused great attention, bringing huge traffic to Captain Li Gen's YOUTUBE account: subscription fans also soared by more than 100,000, which can be said to be fame and fortune.
As a result, after announcing that he was going to Ukraine, Captain Li Gen had no more news: for a week, his account was not updated.
Some media said that Captain Li Gen was killed by Russian troops in Ukraine.
Others say he is quietly hiding somewhere in Europe, ready to wait for the right opportunity to come out and harvest the flow of a Russo-Ukrainian war.
There are many, many more Internet celebrity volunteers like Captain Li Gen and The God of Wallee.
Every day, they dress up as various Rambo-style heroes on the battlefields of Ukraine, posting cool photos of themselves from all angles on social accounts.
For example, the following shape.
And this look.
Of course, there is also this kind of demon and ghost shape that has been brushed on the Internet.
In short, in the War of Ukraine, their main purpose was not to fight with the Russian army, but to do everything possible to rub the flow of powder.
However, the Russians were not polite to these foreign Internet celebrity volunteers.
Lviv, a foreign military training center in Ukraine's western border city, was directly hit by dozens of missiles from the Russian army, and a group of Internet celebrity volunteers who were training were killed on the spot.
As a result, after this bombing, more than 50% of foreign Internet celebrity volunteers are considering withdrawing to Poland.
Zelenskiy probably did not expect that his carefully built "International Legion" would eventually become an Internet celebrity punch card Ukraine N-day tour.