• Ukrainian soldiers and foreign fighters wait before advancing in the streets during a clearing-out operation of remaining Russian forces in Irpin, Ukraine, on March 29. Thousands of foreign fighters have gone to fight for Ukraine, but not all join its International Legion. | DANIEL BEREHULAK / THE NEW YORK TIMES
    Ukrainian soldiers and foreign fighters wait before advancing in the streets during a clearing-out operation of remaining Russian forces in Irpin, Ukraine, on March 29. Thousands of foreign fighters have gone to fight for Ukraine, but not all join its International Legion. | DANIEL BEREHULAK / THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Over the past few weeks, a number of the thousands of foreign volunteers who flocked to join the fight against Russia have gone missing or have been captured.

Last week, two Britons and a Moroccan who were taken prisoner while fighting for the Ukrainian armed forces were sentenced to death in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine, after being accused of terrorism.

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