MSNBC analyst Malcolm Nance has reportedly left the community to go combat in Ukraine.
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An MSNBC commentator has reportedly left the community to affix a global legion combating on the aspect of Ukraine because it seeks to repel a Russian invasion.
Malcolm Nance, the previous naval intelligence officer who has served as an on-air analyst on the Comcast-owned cable community since 2007, appeared on Monday’s episode of Pleasure Reid’s nightly present “The ReidOut” sporting army fatigues and fight gear.
Nance additionally appeared whereas carrying what gave the impression to be a Kalashnikov assault rifle.
He informed Reid on Monday that he has joined the Worldwide Legion of Territorial Protection in Ukraine.
In keeping with Reid, the legion is comprised of 20,000 volunteers from 52 international locations who enlisted to assist Ukrainian forces combat the Russian army.
“I spent fairly a little bit of time right here within the pre-war interval and when the invasion occurred, I had associates who have been in Donetsk, who have been within the Ukrainian military, who have been writing to us and telling us, ‘We’re not going to outlive tonight. We’ve been hit 500 instances,'” Nance informed Reid on Monday.
“The extra I noticed of the conflict happening, the extra I assumed, I’m achieved speaking. It’s time to take motion right here,” Nance stated.
“A couple of month in the past, I joined the Worldwide Legion right here in Ukraine and I'm right here to assist this nation combat what is actually a conflict of extermination.”
Nance added: “That is an existential conflict, and Russia has introduced it to those individuals and is mass-murdering civilians. And there are individuals right here like me who're going to do one thing about it.”
Nance, who's the writer of a number of books about counterterrorism and nationwide safety, appeared as an analyst on MSNBC as just lately as Feb. 28 — days after the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Submit has reached out to MSNBC in search of remark.
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