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Kulchur Lodge Radio #67 – A conversation with Carolus Löfroos

(Recorded 20 June, 2024)

Carolus Löfroos joined the Azov volunteer unit to defend Ukraine against the Russian invasion in 2014-2015. His war memoir, The Foreigner Group, came out in English in 2022. In this interview we discuss the start of the war ten years ago, his experience in Ukraine, and the larger war that started with the Russian invasion in Feb. 2022.

Topics include:

► Military training in Finland and Sweden
► The three Russian invasions
► Strelkov’s war
► Why was the Ukrainian army in such bad shape?
► “I don’t think it’s a stretch to say they saved Ukraine”
► “How did you sign up as a volunteer?”
► “It was illegal to fight for Ukraine”
► “How did Swedish authorities react when you went to Ukraine?”
► The Russian claim that “Azov” is a Nazi group and Ukraine is run by Nazis
► “You’re just NATO puppets”
► Trump the trickster
► The quality of Ukrainian and Russian forces
► Face to face with a mystical entity
► The “Last Man” is commenting on the war
► The films and books that best capture the feeling of war
► “For a few days I was the best man I’ll ever be”
► Why was the West so poorly prepared when Russia invaded again in 2022?
► “The worst possible time to start a land invasion”
► “It’s like getting a bill you don’t want to pay”
► “One of the craziest Russian propaganda narratives in this war”
► Why is it important for Ukraine to take back the eastern territories?
► “Russia’s only chance to win the war”
► President Putin’s latest “peace proposal”
► “This may actually be America’s fault…”
► And much more…

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