Ukrainian military on the demarcation line in Donbass. Archive photoMOSCOW, 16 Jan. The British newspaper Daily Mail ridiculed the wooden machine guns of the Ukrainian military, which they were given during the exercises. Photos of reservists training with dummies of rifles were published on the website of the French television channel France 24 back in December 2021. Columnist for the London edition Max Aitchison noticed that the participants in the maneuvers in Kiev region handed out fake weapons. The journalist mocked that with such an army, “jokes are bad.” A lively discussion unfolded under his article. “They won’t last even five minutes,” Lameduck believes. we're doing better. When I started in 1998, I had equipment from the Falklands War (1982. — Approx. ed.), and bulletproof vests were only enough for half a platoon, «complained Handsome Bob.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the mass withdrawal of the military»So, now point your wooden rifles and shoot,» one of the users joked.»They don't have any chances,” Nickstark is convinced.
"Plywood assault rifles are cheap and affordable weapons!" another participant in the discussion sneered.
Recently, the American and European media regularly accuse Russia of preparing an «offensive» against Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly refuted such allegations. As Sergei Naryshkin, director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, emphasized, no invasion is planned. He called such stuffing malicious US State Department propaganda.