Ukrainian military in Kyiv. File photoMELITOPOL, Apr 9The Ukrainian military did not instruct the newly arrived fighters of their units how to use foreign weapons, instead they were offered to learn on the Internet by watching the stories on YouTube, said captured Ukrainian shooter Ivan Gavrilenko, whose interrogation video is available to RIA Novosti. The group, which included Gavrilenko, on the morning of March 5, the Mi-8 helicopter was supposed to help rescue the leaders of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi Azov regiment, whose Mi-8 was shot down while trying to evacuate from Mariupol. The helicopter with Gavrilenko's group was also shot down. Now Gavrilenko is in a Russian military hospital in Melitopol. Gavrilenko said that he served in the Ukrainian army in 2008-2009, and in 2014-2017, as a rotation contractor, he participated in a punitive operation against the population of Donbass, and has awards. Recently, he worked in the Czech Republic as a roofer, and after the start of the Russian special military operation, he returned to Ukraine. Gavrilenko explained this by the fact that he became afraid for his family. But then his platoon friend called him and invited him to join the combat unit of the Ukrainian army, Gavrilenko added. At the end of March, Gavrilenko came to this group, which, according to him, was commanded by officer Nazar Borovitsky. The unit was armed with small arms, as well as foreign grenade launchers — Czech, Spanish and British NLAW. However, no one taught them how to use these weapons, Gavrilenko noted. «/>The names of the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who failed the evacuation of the leaders of «Azov» were named «Yes, no one conducted (instruction). I looked, asked the guys:» Who knows? in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called it the goal of «protecting people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» criminals responsible for the «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. the Russian military department called the liberation of Donbass. worse than terrorists.» What distinguishes the Ukrainian security forces
