Posted on 02/04/2022 1:13:49 PM PST by AFreeBird
KYIV, Ukraine — While the mood on the streets is calm and collected, behind the veil of composure, Ukrainians are in training for the fight of their lives.
Tens of thousands of ordinary people across the Eastern European nation are learning to handle weapons, render first aid and perform other combat-related skills, as the threat of Russian invasion grows each day.
Citizens are turning to experts in firearms, and even just family members, in hopes of surviving an attack and facing down their belligerent neighbor.
“My daughter, now 23, taught me how to shoot,” Vlad Horbovetz, a surgeon and volunteer medic, told The Post.….
“We always look at the Second Amendment of the US Constitution. It is not just about self-protection, but the protection of freedom and the protection of independence. We Ukrainians really show this meaning of the Second Amendment,” says Gennadiy, a constitutional lawyer-turned-volunteer front-line medic.
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Give em Hell, Ukraine!
They will need to learn to make IEDs and other weapons for asymmetric warfare. Small arms won’t amount to much against modern tanks and aircraft.
Apparently you can buy a 14” AR with a suppressor in Ukraine.
Wish I could here.
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Cause that worked out so well for Germany against the red army 🤪
Something tells me the firearms experts are doing just that. Though perhaps not publicly stating it.
Gun rights for them, but not for us.
Volksturm
good news if true
Every little bits helps. Neighbors might have a more vested interest in dealing with the predations of the Russian bear as well.
And the red army did have help at least matériel ly from the west. Situation is reversed here.
Buy one there and bring it back.
If he’s a surgeon, they should keep him safely away from the shooting. His skills will be needed elsewhere.
It looks like Ukrainians have better 2nd Amendment rights than we do.
“Buy one there and bring it back.”
And see which Fed agency wins the race to arrest me first?
No thanks.
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Sad ain’t it? And they actually understand the true purpose of it.
“start”...?
Where have they been?
In Biden’s basement?
Me too. I still have a number of my FMs from days gone by. I wasn’t bad at that sort of thing before I played with neat army toys.
Ford sold IED’s under the moniker Pinto
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