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Ukraine civilians train in weapons skills amid war

(12 Jul 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Kyiv, Ukraine - 11 July 2023 1. Various of instructor teaching woman how to hold weapon 2. Woman preparing to shoot during training session 3. Instructor addressing trainees 4. Women training to shoot 5. Instructor explaining how to shoot to trainees 6. Vitalii Sumin, training centre visitor, holding phone while on video call with his wife, who couldn’t attend session in person 7. Kyiv resident, Lada Bondarenko, training to shoot 8. Wide of people listening during training session 9. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Lada Bondarenko, Kyiv resident: “He (the instructor on mine threats) did not frighten me, but brought back to reality that Kyiv is a front-line city and one must think. I personally felt that I needed to look around more." 10. Various of men in military clothing hanging poster announcing another training opportunity 11. Poster on wall 12. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vitalii Sumin, training centre visitor: “(I came to the training to be able) explain to my children that there are mines that can tear off arms, legs and take lives. This is hard to explain to children, and I want to tell my son this." 13. Instructor teaching woman how to hold weapon 14. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Mykhailo Shcherbyna, deputy director for Kyiv’s municipal security: “The war continues, and we do not know if there will be further threats. You see that there are talks about radiation insecurity, about the (possible) damage of chemical objects. We need to know how to act in different situations. We increase population resilience and preparedness for threats. Respectively, we reduce possible losses." 15. Various of instructor training woman STORYLINE: In a cramped municipal building in a residential area of the Ukrainian capital, a group of people take turns training to shoot using a replica of a machine gun with the help of a weapons training simulator relying on virtual reality. The class of nearly 20 participants – all of them civilians and most of them women - have never held a weapon before. With Russia’s war on Ukraine now in its 17th month, the Kyiv City Administration has opened up training for civilians who want to learn survival skills, including how to shoot, provide first aid and recognize land mines. These and other skills could be used in a hostile environment provoked by missile strikes and other man-made disasters. In a dark room with tightly closed blinds, the unreal poof-poof sounds of the replica weapons are heard. People enthusiastically ask the instructors how to hold their weapons properly and ask to try one more time. Kyiv resident, 45-year-old, Lada Bondarenko was especially impressed by the instructor’s lecture on possible landmine threats. “He (the instructor on mine threats) did not frighten me but it brought back to reality that Kyiv is a front-line city and one must think," she said. While the fighting on the frontlines has fallen largely into a stalemate, indiscriminate Russian missile attacks continue to hit residential areas, wreaking havoc and causing almost daily casualties across the country. Several days after the registration on the city's website was opened, more than 2,000 people signed up for the training, around 70% of them women, said deputy director for Kyiv’s municipal security, Mykhailo Shcherbyna. According to Shcherbyna, by educating people, local authorities try to prevent more casualties in the future. “The war continues, and we don’t know what the next threats will be.” But men, too, attend with the protection of their children in mind. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...