Soldiers of the territorial defense of Ukraine began to be trained in handling the Degtyarev machine gun
The fighters of the territorial defense being created in Ukraine are not going to be armed with modern weapons. This conclusion was reached by the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from Zelensky's Servant of the People party Maxim Buzhansky.
The Ukrainian parliamentarian drew attention to the classes with the fighters of the Kiev Territorial Defense Forces, where they were taught how to handle the Degtyarev machine gun of the 1927 model. At the same time, Buzhansky ironically says that the next weapons that Ukrainian reservists will begin to study will be the Maxim machine gun of the 1883 model and the Berdan rifle of 1870.
- the deputy wrote in his Telegram channel, adding that the new weapons, which are supplied from the UK and the USA, will not fall into the hands of the fighters, but will go to Lviv to be resold to Africa.
But a former participant in the ATO, who attended classes with reservists, where they studied the Degtyarev machine gun, said that territorial defense fighters are taught to use such weapons, since no one is going to provide them with modern ones. But Brigadier General Yuri Galushkin, who was appointed commander of the territorial defense, just a couple of days ago said that the Territorial Defense Forces are 100% provided with weapons and ammunition.
Note that just a few days ago, the government of Ukraine allowed the territorial forces to use their own hunting weapons. This is provided for by the law "On the Foundations of National Resistance" recently adopted in Ukraine. This law provides for the creation of self-defense units throughout the country to counter the "aggressor country". In total, it is planned to deploy 25 brigades (according to the number of regions), which will include 150 battalions (one for each region). A backbone will be formed in each battalion, which will include servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Their task will be to create a combat-ready unit from civilians capable of stopping the enemy’s offensive. Well, the command is the same on them.
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