Employed in the catering industry in the east of France, Maxime Bronchain decided to go to Ukraine last May, “to answer the call of President Zelensky”which had openly invited foreigners to join an “international legion”, as soon as Ukraine was invaded on February 24.
A soldier for a year in the French Army, when he was 18, the young man had “wish to be useful”he testifies. “Here, people welcome us as liberators, they take us in their arms”. Father of a child who remained in France, Maxime intends to marry a Ukrainian from Odessa, whom he met there.