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I'd always heard you're not supposed to use the mag as a handle, but it seems to be SOP in all these pictures of Ukrainian militia.

Certainly, which is likely why the grandma is in training -- to break her of that habit.

Granny ain't the only one, so unless every single picture taken has been people within their first 30 minutes of training it seems odd.

Practice doesn't make perfect unless one is practising correctly. Practice makes permanent.

Three cheers for Valentyna …..

Gripping the magazine seems so absurd to people like you and I that we can only guess as to why anyone but those most ignorant of proper firearms usage might attempt it.

It reminds me of the time my ex-wife tried to fire a flintlock pistol for the first time by sighting down the barrel with the hammer mere inches from her face.

https://www.ibtimes.com/russian-soldier ... rt-3449151

Colonel Yuri Medvedev, Russian BTG commander of 37th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade got ran over by a tank.

Personally, I support fragging officers.

https://twitter.com/general_ben/status/ ... 0164814859

Defense of Kyiv is strong.
South and East are more worrying.
Yet, they claim they managed to blow up a warship in Berdyansk https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60859337
Officially, Ukrainian forces are about 100km away.

Ukraine cellist Denis performed in front of the Destroyed regional police department Kharkiv Ukraine

Never underestimate the power of the oppressed.

^I watched a video of a Ukrainian rock star turned soldier singing some sort of independence/freedom battle song in some major square of historical importance where the song was first sung more than 100 years earlier.

Never underestimate the power of the oppressed, indeed. Ukrainian resolve to defend their country and democracy is absolutely amazing. Doesn’t hurt any that Zeneskyy has ENORMOUS balls and knows how to say and portray just the right thing to his audience… almost as if he’s both a trained lawyer and actor.

Another . . .



And another . . .

In what has been the only performance he’s done since the invasion began, Khlyvnyuk sang a battle hymn about Ukrainian freedom in the same place he said another Ukrainian freedom fighter sang it a century ago.  A video of Khlyvnyuk’s haunting rendition shows him in his new combat uniform, rifle slung over his shoulder, and wearing a New York Yankees cap.  Standing beside the ancient St. Sofia Cathedral, he belts out lines calling for Ukraine to rise up that were written about the Sich Riflemen, Ukrainian soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army who fought in the Ukrainian War of Independence from 1917 to 1921.

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Same song, with accompaniment.



In the Meadow, a Red Kalyna (The English lyrics)

In the meadow, there a red kalyna, has bent down low ,
For some reason, our glorious Ukraine, has been worried so.
And we'll take that red kalyna and we will raise it up,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!
And we'll take that red kalyna and we will raise it up,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!

Do not bend low, Oh red kalyna, You have a white flower.
Do not worry, glorious Ukraine, You have a free people.
And we'll take that red kalyna and will raise it up,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!
And we'll take that red kalyna and will raise it up,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!

Marching forward, our fellow volunteers, into a bloody fray,
For to free, our brother - Ukrainians, from hostile chains.
And we, our brother - Ukrainians, we will then liberate,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!
And we, our brother - Ukrainians, we will then liberate,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!

Oh in the field, of early spring wheat, there's a golden furrow,
Then began, the Ukrainian riflemen to, engage the enemy,
And we'll take, that precious, early wheat and will gather it,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!
And we'll take, that precious, early wheat and will gather it,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!

When the stormy winds blow forth from the wide steppes,
They will glorify, through out Ukraine, the Sich riflemen.
And we'll take the glory of the riflemen preserving it,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!
And we'll take the glory of the riflemen preserving it,
And we, our glorious Ukraine, shall, hey - hey, cheer up - and rejoice!

Suddenly . . . I feel like enlisting again.