The governorship of the western Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk is giving weapons training to civilian women amid the war caused by the Russian occupation, which has completed 62 days with reports of violence and rape. The information comes from the British newspaper The Guardian.
Education in the city takes place in the basement of a school – face-to-face classes are banned in Ukraine due to conflicts. There, he observes ten women aged between 18 and 51. service corneliyevych Hamchuk, a former colonel in the Ukrainian army, moyster How to load ammo in a gun magazine.
The mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk at the end of March, Ruslan martsinkiv, announced that shooting ranges at five schools in the city would reopen to teach civilians how to use firearms. Although open to everyone, the courses are primarily aimed at women.
“There are other institutions where men can study, but these are women-only courses. Women need to be prepared to protect themselves and their families,” she says.
The first training took place on March 31, the day the Ukrainian forces liberated Bucha – in the following days at least a hundred bodies were found in the city and news of rapes were heard. According to the newspaper report, thousands of women rushed to sign up and there is already a waiting list of more than 6,300 people who want to learn how to shoot.
For 51-year-old Natalia Anoshina, the idea that she might want to know how to hold a rifle was something she had never considered. But after hearing about the atrocities in Bucha, when her 18-year-old daughter suggested they apply, she agreed.
“It’s a nightmare, it’s just horrible. My mind can’t process this information, this fear,” he tells the Guardian about the cases.
“Given what happened in Kiev, I think everyone should take up arms and defend our country,” says the former colonel.
source: Noticias
