An AFU soldier with an NLAW anti-tank missile system in the Kiev regionMOSCOW, Apr 10Ukrainian military instructors in Lithuania will be taught to handle Western-style weapons, said the commander of the Lithuanian army, Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupshis. «In the near future, we will organize exercises for the Ukrainian military here in Lithuania … We are ready to train their instructors to prepare them with the equipment that we ourselves own, with the military equipment, equipment and weapons that we have, and this knowledge, their training is necessary when carrying out their operations in Ukraine,» Rupshis said at a press conference broadcast by the LRT portal ( Lithuanian radio and television). The commander also commented on NATO's plans to deploy a permanent contingent in the countries on the eastern flank of the alliance, including Lithuania. … For Lithuania, this does not change anything in terms of security … In terms of deterrence, the most important thing is that the Americans are here, «says Rupshys hall. Rupshys specified that as a citizen of Lithuania he would like «to have bases, schools, kindergartens, their shops», and as a military leader he would say «the most important thing is security».
Eyewitness: Ukrainian military refused to help the wounded residents of MariupolRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
