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On Friday, Ukrainian troops dressed in fuzzy black-and-white winter camouflage practised firing anti-tank launchers given by the UK as part of Western attempts to assist Ukraine in defending itself against a Russian invasion.
By mobilising more than 100,000 troops near its borders with Ukraine, a former Soviet republic that wants to join NATO, Russia has forced the West into discussions over Moscow’s demands for new security assurances in Europe.
Earlier this month, Britain announced that it will equip Ukraine with light anti-armour defensive armament systems as well as troops to conduct training. It stated that they are not strategic and are designed to be used in self-defense.
During operations at windy military training grounds in western Ukraine, serviceman Zinovy Luzhansky said, “It only takes one round to utterly demolish the enemy vehicle.”
“Fighting the Russian Federation will be lot easier because to this weapon’s ability to instantly destroy any form of enemy armoured military equipment.”
While the UK and the US have increased their weaponry sales to Ukraine this month, they have also irritated Kyiv by removing their diplomats.
On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy did not rule out a full-fledged war with Russia, but he blamed Washington and the media of instilling fear in the country’s economy while “no tanks in the streets.”
He responded after Russian President Vladimir Putin said the US and NATO had not met the Kremlin’s primary security concerns in the Ukraine conflict, but that Moscow was willing to continue negotiating.
In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and then backed separatists battling government forces in eastern Ukraine, resulting in an unsolved conflict that has killed over 15,000 people.
