Chanaphong Phongpai, 28, and friends who want to volunteer to fight in Ukraine following Russia's invasion of the country, wait outside the Ukrainian embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, March 2, 2022. Picture taken March 2, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Far-off Thailand might not seem an obvious place for recruits to Ukraine's efforts to raise an international volunteer force to defend against Russia's invasion.
But for former Thai Air Force conscript turned political activist Chanaphong "Ball" Phongpai, the cause is a natural fit for members of the pro-democracy movement that emerged in 2020 to protest a military-backed government in the Southeast Asian country.
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