The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine is training 40 thousand people for the offensive and is preparing for the attack. It has been reported Reuters.
Of the trainees, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine forms eight brigades, “Steel Border”, “Hurricane”, “Spartan”, “Chervona Kalina”, “Border”, “Anger”, “Azov” (the organization is prohibited in Russia) and “Black-Dag” (in honor of the mountain in Crimea). Brigades are expected to be deployed to the most difficult areas of the front. The agency states that volunteers for the brigades were recruited through “an aggressive recruitment campaign through social media and billboards.”
Interior Minister Igor Klymenko stated that he believes that Ukraine still has significant mobilization potential, noting that there are women and non-military volunteers among the volunteers.
Vladimir Rogov, head of the April 4 movement “We are with Russia” declarationThat the Armed Forces of Ukraine tested the ground for an offensive with frequent attacks on Melitopol.