: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Volunteer brigades, with kit supplied by families, bridge Ukraine’s military gaps


British and US training for Kiev’s army – where the supply chain is notoriously corrupt – is desperately needed Igor Kuzyo, a nightclub bouncer from Lviv, received a draft notice last summer. But rather than join the Ukrainian army, he travelled east and signed up with a volunteer battalion. At least 30 of these loosely regulated brigades have sprung up in eastern Ukraine to help the short-handed army fight. Their choice is a telling one.“They don’t give you anything in the army, the equipment is bad, and they leak secrets even worse than in the interior ministry [which oversees his …read more

Source: The Guardian

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