Ukraine trains 40,000 brigade troops for counter-offensive
STORY: Spartan is one of the new storm brigades totalling 40,000 soldiers that Ukraine wants to use during a counter-offensive against Russian forces in coming weeks or months.
The units have benefited from an aggressive recruiting campaign on social media and billboards with the aim of attracting highly motivated volunteers.
The new brigades, drafted by the Interior Ministry, will fight alongside regular army units bolstered by new Western battle tanks and thousands of fresh troops trained by allied armies outside Ukraine.
It would take up to four months to train civilians without experience, but that ex-police officers or soldiers could be trained in two.
“We understand that in order to win, we must be strong, know how to fire and provide first medical aid in order to avoid losses which we had in the past. We are doing our best, we train, we practise firing drills and we will win the enemy over,” the serviceman with the nom-de-guerre 'Adolf' said.
