Ukrainians Form a Guerilla Army Ready To Fight Russia

Recruits of the territorial defense battalion lined up after the long drills day. Anton Skyba for BuzzFeed News  

BuzzFeed News: Taxi Drivers, Schoolteachers, Bankers: Meet The Ukrainian Guerrilla Army Preparing To Fight Russia 

“I know for sure that I will not leave Ukraine [if Russia invades]. I will not live under occupation,” said a 51-year-old doctor, wife, mother of three, and gardener. “I would kill.” 

KYIV — Falling snow clouded Marta Yuzkiv’s line of sight as she moved in formation with seven other fighters down a narrow road. Rifles at the ready and communicating with hand signals and whispers, they scanned their surroundings for the enemy stalking them in the nearby bushes. 

Then, without warning, an ambush came from behind the pine trees. A Russian team of saboteurs gunned down four of Yuzkiv’s comrades. She dropped to the ground. But within seconds, she was shot and killed, too. 

The fighters weren’t actually dead. The ambush was part of a series of war games held Saturday — on the grounds of an abandoned factory outside Kyiv — by veteran instructors overseeing a ragtag group of Ukrainian volunteers.  

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WNU Editor: A prediction. If Russia should invade Ukraine in the near future, their focus will probably be on taking control of the southern and eastern parts of the country where Ukrainian-Russians dominate.Why engage in a shitty guerilla war where the local population hates you, a sad fact that Kiev has yet to understand in their war in the east.

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