Military training in KievKYIV, Jan 29Volunteer formations of the territorial defense of Ukraine can, if necessary, receive grenade launchers, mortars, anti-aircraft installations, man-portable air defense systems, anti-tank missile systems and other weapons, said Fedor Venislavsky, a member of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence. The law on the foundations of national resistance entered into effective in the country on January 1, 2022. According to the document, national resistance implies the widest possible involvement of Ukrainian citizens in ensuring the country's military security, in deterring «aggression» and inflicting losses on the enemy. On January 1, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Yuriy Galushkin as Commander of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by his decree.Who can provoke a war in Ukraine «We provided that members of volunteer formations have the right to all types of small arms, and these are rifles, carbines, machine guns, machine guns … Also a very significant amendment, which we agreed upon by the entire committee, is that, by decision of the commander in chief The Armed Forces may provide volunteer formations with other types of weapons and ammunition, which means that, if necessary, the Commander-in-Chief can very quickly, having all the necessary legislative grounds for this, arm the volunteer territorial defense formations with any type of weapons, including heavy weapons, by order.» — said Venislavsky in an interview with NV. He stressed that he meant «not tanks and armored personnel carriers, although armored personnel carriers can also be provided for territorial defense.» «The commander-in-chief can make a decision on his own and provide volunteer formations with grenade launchers, mortars, anti-aircraft guns, man-portable air defense systems, anti-tank missile systems. That is, weapons that will definitely be a very powerful deterrent for a possible expansion of aggression,» he added. 
The Ukrainian political scientist accused the United States of playing along with Russia. The defense will not be people who, due to their psychological, mental and other social factors, can use weapons for the wrong purposes. As an example, he cited the tragic incident that occurred on January 27 in the Dnieper, when the National Guard opened fire on his colleagues, killing five people and injuring five more. «I am convinced that the entire bureaucratic component will be minimized. But in any case, there must be an assessment, a check with a psychiatrist, a narcologist and the absence of a criminal record so that we do not allow representatives of the criminal world to receive weapons,» Venislavsky summed up.
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