Former Taylor Swift Conor Kennedy has joined the Ukrainian International Legion

Taylor Swiftformer, Conor Kennedy, helped the people of Ukraine from the front.

28-year-old—whose parents Robert Kennedy Jr. and late Mary Richardson Kennedy— reported on social media that earlier this year he enrolled in the Ukrainian International Legion after Russian troops invaded the Eastern European country in February.

“I know this story is going to be public so I want to be the first to speak my mind to make the best of it and encourage others to take action,” he wrote in an Instagram post on Oct. 14 alongside a photo of his friend on the front lines. in Ukraine. “Like many people, I was deeply moved by what I saw in Ukraine over the past year. I wanted to help. When I heard about the Ukrainian International Legion, I knew I was going, and I went to the embassy to recruit the next one. day”.

Conor said he only told one person in the US about his enlistment and only one person in Ukraine told his real name. He shared that he doesn’t want his loved ones to worry and he “doesn’t want to be treated differently out there” because of his famous family.