Spent the day with Kyiv's territorial defense force. Key takeaways: - If Russia invades & tries to hold ground, Ukrainian civilians will wage an irregular resistance campaign - Although initially skeptical, Ukrainians increasingly perceive a major offensive as a realistic threat

Civilians’ desire to fight is not bluster. The country has been at war for 7.5 years. The TDF volunteers harbor no naive, romantic attitudes about combat — just a sober, resigned acceptance that a wider war is now possible.
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"It's difficult, but I know what we are going to lose. My grandparents fought against Russia, my parents lost their life in the Soviet Union..I don't want my kids to still continue to fight," Marta, 51, doctor, mother of 3, Territorial Defense Force soldier

Ukraine’s vast reserve force of civilian soldiers are preparing to defend their country against a possible major escalation in Putin’s war. Russian troops can expect a very hostile reception if they proceed with the threatened full-scale invasion of Ukraine
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Covered and concealed, soldiers of 92nd Mechanised Brigade set up in defensive posture and await possible enemy forces in a BTR-4 armoured personnel carrier during Combined Resolve XVI (CBR XVI) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Dec. 10, 2021.
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Georgian Legion (Ukraine)

The Georgian National Legion is a paramilitary unit formed by ethnic Georgian volunteers fighting on the side of Ukraine in the War in Donbas. The unit was organized in 2014 with the declared aim "to stand up to Russian aggression". The group is commanded by Mamuka Mamulashvili, a veteran Georgian officer. also members of Georgian national legion has experience from Chechen wars.As of 2016, there were at least 100 Georgian volunteer fighters in the Legion's ranks. Most of them were former Georgian Armed Forces servicemen with military experience, veterans of the 2008 war with Russia and international missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.Since the war began in 2014, the Georgia National Legion has enlisted soldiers from 27 countries, including the US, Australia, Germany, Georgia, Mexico, Azerbaijan, the UK, Austria, France, Greece, Japan, Croatia, and Serbia.

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