Volnovakha residents walk along the road past a wrecked Ukrainian Armed Forces tankDONETSK, Apr 8The decision of the Ukrainian government to allow territorial defense units to use artillery and missiles will lead to the destruction of civilian infrastructure and mass casualties, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Denis Pushilin told RIA Novosti. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Wednesday expanded the list of weapons that members of volunteer territorial defense units can use: in addition to hunting weapons, artillery and rocket systems appeared in it. «People are already afraid to leave their own homes, where before the adoption of this decision they could feel relatively safe. Now imagine what will happen when artillery appears in the hands of crazy «avengers», missiles, including unguided missiles,» Pushilin said. «Firstly, they will purposefully begin to destroy civilian infrastructure, and secondly, the lack of at least minimal skills in handling this type of weapon will lead to massive accidental casualties,» the head of the DPR concluded .With the start of Russia's special operation in Ukraine they began to massively distribute weapons. The media and social networks repeatedly reported on the involvement of members of the territorial defense in numerous killings of civilians, and such units included prisoners released from prisons after the start of the Russian operation. Moscow has repeatedly pointed to the numerous crimes of Ukrainian nationalists against civilians and the Russian military. According to eyewitnesses, AFU soldiers are shelling residential buildings with large-caliber guns, mining infrastructure and driving people out of hospitals, schools and kindergartens. In addition, videos of torture and murder of captured Russians are circulating on the Web. The Kremlin emphasizes that the West and international organizations are ignoring these actions.
