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New soldiers of the 23rd Special Battalion of the Ukrainian Army are shooting. They train on a training ground in the middle of one of the snow-covered hills
New soldiers of the 23rd Special Battalion of the Ukrainian Army are shooting. They train on a training ground in the middle of one of the snow-covered hills in the province Donetskwhere they were transferred after more than six weeks of training in Ukraine and abroad.
Next to them is Andrey, a doctor who was mobilized immediately after the outbreak of war and was part of a medical team. “I was also a civilian who didn’t know how to do anything. I took Kalashnikov assault rifle for the first time in July 2022. I understood how it was dismantled and taken apart,” he explains.
Each of the men and women who make up the armed forces is aware of the difficulties with recruitment in Ukraine at present. new members to fill the positions of those who died, those who were injured or those who simply needed a rest after two years of non-stop. The president Vladimir Zelensky spoke then about the need for recruitment around 500 thousand people.
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Odessa decided to join three months ago: “Everyone has their own choice, but this is not a standard situation, this war. And everyone must be ready to win.” He admits that he has friends in the army and others who are afraid of being at the front, but they “help in any way they can, for example, as volunteers.”
In one of the basements, where brigade commanders defend themselves during an attack, the commander Dmitry Butenko talks about how to confront the fears of many men who think they will be sent straight to the front lines. “In this battalion we have a very clear way of dealing with mobilized people. First of all, we train soldiers. They undergo basic military training and then come,” Butenko clarifies.
Typically, men are assigned tasks that correspond to their knowledge. Although no one denies that many will have to fight at the front. They say they will never be sent without proper training.
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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