| − | In early 2022 Routh flew [[Poland]] amd travelled on to [[Kyiv]] to [[illegal]]ly recruit foreign [[mercenaries]] to fight for the [[Zelensky regime]] at $1,200 per month.<ref>https://t.me/thisiswarobserver/4739</ref> Routh posted on [[social media]] "I AM WILLING TO FLY TO KRAKOW AND GO TO THE BORDER OF UKRAINE TO VOLUNTEER AND FIGHT AND DIE…Can I be the example We must win."<ref>https://rumble.com/v5f5svv-jamie-rejent-interviewed-ryan-wesley-routh-on-the-border-of-poland-and-ukra.html</ref> Routh started something called the International Volunteer Center of Ukraine, which purported to help foreigners seeking to assist Ukraine’s war effort.<ref>Wiseman, Oliver. (16 September 2024).[https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=260347&post_id=148943088 ‘I Met Trump’s Would-Be Assassin.’ Plus. . .]</ref><ref>https://t.me/Slavyangrad/108857</ref><ref>https://t.me/ForeignAgentIntel/12062</ref> | + | In early 2022 Routh flew to [[Poland]] and travelled on to [[Kyiv]] to [[illegal]]ly recruit foreign [[mercenaries]] to fight for the [[Zelensky regime]] at $1,200 per month.<ref>https://t.me/thisiswarobserver/4739</ref> Routh posted on [[social media]] "I AM WILLING TO FLY TO KRAKOW AND GO TO THE BORDER OF UKRAINE TO VOLUNTEER AND FIGHT AND DIE…Can I be the example We must win."<ref>https://rumble.com/v5f5svv-jamie-rejent-interviewed-ryan-wesley-routh-on-the-border-of-poland-and-ukra.html</ref> Routh started something called the International Volunteer Center of Ukraine, which purported to help foreigners seeking to assist Ukraine’s war effort.<ref>Wiseman, Oliver. (16 September 2024).[https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=260347&post_id=148943088 ‘I Met Trump’s Would-Be Assassin.’ Plus. . .]</ref><ref>https://t.me/Slavyangrad/108857</ref><ref>https://t.me/ForeignAgentIntel/12062</ref> |
| | A March 25, 2023 ''[[New York Times]]'' article reported, "With Legion growth stalling, Ryan Routh, a former construction worker from Greensboro, N.C., is seeking recruits from among [[Afghan]] soldiers who fled the [[Taliban]]...Mr. Routh, who spent several months in Ukraine last year, said he planned to move them, in some cases illegally, from [[Pakistan]] and [[Iran]] to Ukraine."<ref>https://archive.is/T9bzJ</ref> | | A March 25, 2023 ''[[New York Times]]'' article reported, "With Legion growth stalling, Ryan Routh, a former construction worker from Greensboro, N.C., is seeking recruits from among [[Afghan]] soldiers who fled the [[Taliban]]...Mr. Routh, who spent several months in Ukraine last year, said he planned to move them, in some cases illegally, from [[Pakistan]] and [[Iran]] to Ukraine."<ref>https://archive.is/T9bzJ</ref> |