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Ukraine has begun training “almost all” of its new, 28,000-strong assault brigades, who will be tasked with recapturing occupied territory, according to Ukrainian news outlet Pravda.
The ministry of internal affairs told The Ukrainian Weekly that the so-called Offensive Guard will be used to clear cities and villages after the army breaks through Russian front lines.
Police officers, border guards and national guardsmen were to make up the ranks of the Offensive Guard when the idea was first proposed by the former minister of internal affairs, Denys Monastyrskyy, who died in a helicopter crash in January, reported The Ukranian Weekly.
Pravda reported the current minister, Ihor Klymenko, said: “We have started the training of almost all units on the training grounds of our country, and not all of them can withstand the trials there.
“The training will continue as long as necessary to produce combat-ready units of the national guard, state border guard service and national Police, all of which are now called the Offensive Guard.”
He added more volunteers will be recruited for reserves.
Training will take between two and four months, according to a statement by the Ukrainian National Guard’s Facebook account on Thursday.
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