Russia-Ukraine Crisis: With enemies at gate, local Ukrainians take up arms, join ranks with soldiers
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Russia-Ukraine Crisis: With enemies at gate, local Ukrainians take up arms, join ranks with soldiers
FP Staff
• February 28, 2022, 14:43:32 IST
As Russian troops surrounded the country this month, ordinary citizens received basic combat training in everything from handling guns to making incendiary Molotov cocktails to tossing grenades
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An instructor, right, shows a grenade during a training of members of a Ukrainian far-right group in Kyiv, Ukraine. AP
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Armed civil defense men pose for a photo while patrolling an empty street due to curfew in Kyiv, Ukraine. AP
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A local resident prepares to use a Molotov cocktail against a wall during an all-Ukrainian training campaign “Don’t panic! Get ready!” close to Kyiv, Ukraine. AP
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Members of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the Armed Forces, train close to Kyiv, Ukraine. AP
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A young woman holds a weapon during a basic combat training for civilians, organized by the Special Forces Unit Azov, of Ukraine’s National Guard, in Mariupol, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. AP
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