Images allegedly show fresh recruits for a pro-Russia separatist region in Ukraine training on a self-propelled heavy mortar vehicle in eastern Ukraine.
The footage was obtained from the People's Militia of the pro-Russia, so-called Donetsk People's Republic on Wednesday, with the DPR claiming that it shows the"combat training of artillerymen."
The People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic in Ukraine released footage they say shows the combat training of artillerymen on self-propelled"Tyulan" heavy mortars.An unnamed spokesman for the DPR claimed:"We are at one of the training grounds of the Republic of the DPR, here the mobilized guys, who a few months ago were ordinary civilians, are being trained in the operation of heavy Tyulpan mortars with a caliber of 249 mm.
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